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LARRY JAMES PIERSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 14, 1939 – May 26, 1968
Service recordLarry James Pierson, of Beech Grove, Indiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 26, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 66W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 66W · Line 11
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
- April 14, 1939
- Home of record
- Beech Grove, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1968; 33 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 66W, Line 11
- THOMAS MURRIN JRPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
- WILLIAM BRIAN OHALLORANCorporal · May 26, 1968
- LEROY PEGROSSPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
- RAY LEE PENLAND JRPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
From Beech Grove
- RONALD LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
- JAMES LEON THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · October 12, 1968
- CHARLES KENNETH LARKINSSpecialist Four · February 11, 1969
- MICHAEL STEPHEN CARTERSpecialist Four · February 16, 1970
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.