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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of John David Fredrick Pies.

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JOHN DAVID FREDRICK PIES

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

December 3, 1947 – January 21, 1970

Service record

John David Fredrick Pies, of Harrison, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 21, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 14W · Line 54

Position of Panel 14W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Army
Rank
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
199 LIGHT INF BDE
Born
December 3, 1947
Home of record
Harrison, Ohio (Hamilton County)

Casualty

Date of death
January 21, 1970
Age
22
Province
Long Khanh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

Context · from the records

What was happening

30 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1970; 13 of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 14W, Line 54

Same unit, same day

From Harrison

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.