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JOSEPH HOWARD PIERCE JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 26, 1948 – February 22, 1969
Service recordJoseph Howard Pierce JR, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 82
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- April 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 32W, Line 82
- DONALD ELMER PAXTONColonel · February 22, 1969
- WAYNE EDWARD PEARSONMajor · February 22, 1969
- DAVID JOHN PELLOSMALance Corporal · February 22, 1969
- RICHARD POLLARDPrivate First Class · February 22, 1969
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
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.