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JOSEPH ROBERT CLIN PIERCE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 3, 1948 – May 5, 1968
Service recordJoseph Robert Clin Pierce, of Mattoon, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 5, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 27
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Mattoon, Illinois (Coles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 36 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 27
- MICHAEL MALLORY MONTGOMERYCorporal · May 5, 1968
- ELBERT DARRELL POFFSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- MILTON PHILLIP POTIERCorporal · May 5, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE QUICKSergeant · May 5, 1968
From Mattoon
- NELSON EARL VANGUNDYCorporal · June 9, 1965
- PHILIP HENRY RATHEFirst Lieutenant · July 19, 1966
- GARY DON SHIELDSFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1967
- ROBERT JOE OVERMYERLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- DALE EARL SHUMBARGERPrivate · November 6, 1967
- JAMES LARRY PHIPPSChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 9, 1968
- MICHAEL KEITH FRIESEPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- ROBERT GENE HOOPCaptain · May 13, 1968
- AUGUST EMIL CZERWONKACaptain · July 13, 1968
- MICHAEL PAUL SIMPSONSergeant · September 20, 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.