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LARRY WENDELL PIERCE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 4, 1946 – December 24, 1967
Service recordLarry Wendell Pierce, of Baden, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 24, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Baden, Pennsylvania (Beaver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 24, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 24, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 55
- JOHN MICHAEL NEALONLance Corporal · December 24, 1967
- RONALD ALLEN PARSONSPrivate First Class · December 24, 1967
- VERNIE HOMER POWERSPrivate First Class · December 24, 1967
- TRAVIS ROBERT SUTTONSpecialist Four · December 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- VERNIE HOMER POWERSPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 55
From Baden
- WALLACE WILLIAM SHANEPrivate First Class · May 5, 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.