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JOE PIERCE JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 4, 1948 – July 25, 1968
Service recordJoe Pierce JR, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 25, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 8
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- September 4, 1948
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 8
- JAMES EDWARD MANSON JRLance Corporal · July 25, 1968
- GARY RAYMOND MCKENDRICKAirman First Class · July 25, 1968
- PAUL HOWARD NABORSStaff Sergeant · July 25, 1968
- CHARLES CARROLL PARISHLieutenant Commander · July 25, 1968
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.