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JAMES EVERETT PIERCE
Seaman · U.S. Navy
January 25, 1948 – February 7, 1969
Service recordJames Everett Pierce, of Covington, Kentucky, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 7, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 81
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- NAVSUPPACT
- Born
- January 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Covington, Kentucky (Kenton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 81
- CHARLES HEDRIC OXENDINESpecialist Four · February 7, 1969
- STANLEY PATTERSONSpecialist Four · February 7, 1969
- JOHN ANTHONY PROMBOFirst Lieutenant · February 7, 1969
- KENNETH EUGENE ROBERTSSpecialist Four · February 7, 1969
From Covington
- WILLIAM JOSEPH GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- LOUIS R RANDALLPrivate First Class · September 25, 1966
- CARL WILLIAM MUELLERSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
- LOUIS RAY SOWARDSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- DONATUS JOSEPH GEILENCorporal · February 28, 1967
- JAMES LOUIS ANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 3, 1967
- FRANK BELLEW DUNFORD IIIStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1967
- JEFFREY SCOTT AKERHospitalman · January 18, 1968
- THOMAS HOWARD RETSCHULTELance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- SAMUEL GREEN HURRYSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
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.