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LEROY PIERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 22, 1946 – January 13, 1967
Service recordLeroy Pierson, of Hamilton, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 13, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 23
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- May 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Hamilton, Ohio (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 23
- ROBERT STEVEN KEENERPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH KEHOELance Corporal · January 13, 1967
- NORMAN LEE MOOREPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- BRUCE DIXON PATTERSONLance Corporal · January 13, 1967
From Hamilton
- STANLEY SERGEANT SHAWLieutenant · February 11, 1964
- NELSON EDDIE WILSONPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- EUGENE LEE ELLWOODCorporal · October 3, 1965
- LEON PARNELL LAMPLEYPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- THOMAS FREDERICK BRUCKChief Petty Officer · January 10, 1966
- THOMAS EDWARD MILESPrivate First Class · March 29, 1966
- PAUL LEWIN CONRADPrivate First Class · May 24, 1966
- SAMUEL LEWIS HUFFMANPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
- KENNETH RAY BERTSCHSpecialist Four · September 13, 1966
- WALTER MARCUMPrivate First Class · September 29, 1966
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.