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IRVING CLARENCE PIERCE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 6, 1945 – February 11, 1968
Service recordIrving Clarence Pierce JR, of Bridgeton, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Bridgeton, New Jersey (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1968; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 140 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 79
- CHARLES ELVIN MCDOWELLStaff Sergeant · February 11, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MUETINGPetty Officer Third Class · February 11, 1968
- MICHAEL NEMETHPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
- JEFFREY ANTONE PINHEIROSergeant · February 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL NEMETHPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 79
- KENNETH EUGENE SCHNEIDERSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 80
From Bridgeton
- KEVIN LEE FERGUSONPrivate First Class · October 16, 1967
- DONALD WILLIS GEBHARTLance Corporal · November 30, 1967
- FRANKLIN N GILES JRSecond Lieutenant · March 27, 1968
- EDWARD ORLANDO WYNDERPetty Officer Second Class · April 1, 1968
- LESTER WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
- OTIS GREENLance Corporal · February 4, 1969
- JAMES WILBERT DERBYSHIREPrivate First Class · April 15, 1969
- HARLAND M DAVIS JRMajor · July 7, 1972
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.