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LOY WENDELL PIERCE
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
May 28, 1938 – August 9, 1971
Service recordLoy Wendell Pierce, of Benicia, California, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 9, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 127
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 28, 1938
- Home of record
- Benicia, California (Solano County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 9, 1971
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date August 9, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 127
- DELBERT BRYAN RANDALLSpecialist Four · August 9, 1971
- PAUL JENNINGS BATES JRCaptain · August 10, 1971
- SANTOS CASTELLANOS JRStaff Sergeant · August 10, 1971
- THOMAS ALBERT DOLANStaff Sergeant · August 10, 1971
From Benicia
- ANGELO ALBERT LONZOSpecialist Four · May 19, 1966
- JERRY OWEN EMERINECorporal · July 4, 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.