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MORRIS WOODWARD PIERCE JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 13, 1946 – March 6, 1971
Service recordMorris Woodward Pierce JR, of Suffolk, Virginia, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 29
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Uh-60 Helicopter Repairer (67T)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- October 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Suffolk, Virginia (Suffolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 29
- WILLIAM LOUIS COFFEYSergeant First Class · March 6, 1971
- TERRY LEE MCCLANAHANSpecialist Five · March 6, 1971
- WILLIAM PATRICK MILLINERChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 6, 1971
- THOMAS AMBROSE TOLEDOSpecialist Four · March 6, 1971
From Suffolk
- KENNETH ALVIN BABBSpecialist Four · June 11, 1966
- JESSIE LEE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 4, 1967
- JOHN KENDRICK HUTTON JRFirst Lieutenant · August 11, 1967
- RUFUS JOHN DOWDYPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- MARVIN SMITHCorporal · December 17, 1967
- RONALD SCOTTSpecialist Five · June 24, 1969
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.