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MERRICK ROBERT PIERCE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 1, 1947 – October 27, 1967
Service recordMerrick Robert Pierce, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 27, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 85
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 85
- HARRY MERLE MCNALLYSpecialist Four · October 27, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS NELSONPetty Officer Second Class · October 27, 1967
- CURTIS WAYNE PAINTERLance Corporal · October 27, 1967
- MICHAEL PETERSPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 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.