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OSCAR WAYNE PIERCE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 17, 1944 – March 9, 1967
Service recordOscar Wayne Pierce, of Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 47
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
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 17, 1944
- Home of record
- Pauls Valley, Oklahoma (Garvin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 145 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 47
- NORMAN GERARD LOZEAUPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- JOHN MONTAGUE MANSFIELDPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- ANGEL ORTIZ-RODRIGUEZSergeant · March 9, 1967
- RALPH RONALD SPRINGS JRPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE JOSEPH BOJARSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 43
- CHARLES PAUL BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 43
- EDWARD JAMES HABUREYSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 45
- AMBROSIOS SANTIAGO JURADOStaff Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 45
- RICHARD ALAN JURCAKPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 45
- LLOYD MARTIN KUEHNSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 46
- JOHN MONTAGUE MANSFIELDPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 47
- ANGEL ORTIZ-RODRIGUEZSergeant · Panel 16E, Line 47
- JOHN HOWARD ROTHPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 48
- ROBERT JOHN SOMMERERPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 49
- GUS STOVALL JRPrivate · Panel 16E, Line 49
- LARRY JONATHAN WADDELLSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 49
From Pauls Valley
- WILLIAM LLOYD CRAWFORDLance Corporal · October 22, 1966
- ROBERT WAYNE HAMMERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1968
- MARTIN ROWLAND MANESSPrivate First Class · June 1, 1968
- MURL ALVIN MOYERSCorporal · March 29, 1970
- JAMES LEONARD ARMSTRONGSergeant · April 11, 1971
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.