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LEON JOSEPH PIERCE
Captain · U.S. Air Force
August 20, 1939 – April 16, 1969
Service recordLeon Joseph Pierce, of Englewood, Colorado, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 16, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 96
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 20, 1939
- Home of record
- Englewood, Colorado (Arapahoe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1969
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1969; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 96
- PETER CLARK LITTLEFirst Lieutenant · April 16, 1969
- THOMAS KENDRICK LONGStaff Sergeant · April 16, 1969
- ANTHONY G MARKEVITCH JRSergeant · April 16, 1969
- RALPH CHARLES MUNSEYPetty Officer Second Class · April 16, 1969
From Englewood
- JERRY LEE POTTERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- RICHARD ALLEN ECKVALLSergeant · March 25, 1966
- IVEL DOAN FREEMANMajor · March 9, 1967
- VICTOR JOE APODACA JRMajor · June 8, 1967
- RICHARD LEE SPAULDINGPetty Officer Third Class · September 10, 1967
- JERRY CONRAD KELLEYSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- DENNIS EDWARD HINTONFirst Lieutenant · May 5, 1968
- MELVIN EARL LADEWIGCaptain · August 24, 1968
- DONALD LEE SENTIPrivate · January 22, 1971
- CARL MITCHELL WOODWarrant Officer 1 · February 5, 1971
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.