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LYNN ALLEN PIERSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 23, 1947 – April 23, 1968
Service recordLynn Allen Pierson, of Marion, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 41
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- October 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Marion, Indiana (Grant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1968; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 41
- HENRY THOMAS CURTIS IIPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
- ANDRES LU NARVAEZ-MARREROSpecialist Four · April 23, 1968
- RONALD OGLESBYSergeant · April 23, 1968
- ASHTON HAYWARD PRINDLEPrivate · April 23, 1968
From Marion
- JOSEPH DONALD GUERREROSpecialist Four · February 6, 1966
- THOMAS JEFFERSON FEARSCorporal · March 2, 1966
- MARVIN EDWARD GLASSBURNSergeant · March 21, 1966
- DAVID AMOS SCOTTSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- DAVID LEE DIXONStaff Sergeant · June 2, 1967
- TERRY VIRGIL LEACHPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- DONALD EARL CUTLERPrivate First Class · September 3, 1967
- CARL DINGUSCorporal · February 3, 1968
- LARRY JO GOSSPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1968
- TERRY LEE WEAVERPrivate First Class · March 2, 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.