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PIERCE IRVING ROBERTSON
Major · U.S. Army
June 2, 1935 – October 9, 1966
Service recordPierce Irving Robertson, of Hamden, Connecticut, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on October 9, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 2, 1935
- Home of record
- Hamden, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 9, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 64
- JAMES L HATTONSpecialist Four · October 9, 1966
- JOHN ROBERT PIERCEPrivate First Class · October 9, 1966
- CHARLES GEORGE BOROWSKYSergeant First Class · October 10, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES L HATTONSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 64
From Hamden
- ROBERT EDWARD BUSHLieutenant Colonel · March 24, 1966
- ALAN IVAN SMITHSergeant · October 22, 1966
- ALFRED JUDSON FORCE MOODYBrigadier General · March 19, 1967
- OSCAR BIEHL JRCaptain · May 30, 1967
- JOHN THEODORE GALLAGHERSergeant First Class · January 5, 1968
- DONALD PORTER FERGUSONCorporal · January 13, 1968
- EDWARD KENNETH DUELPrivate First Class · October 21, 1968
- ROBERT BERTON READCorporal · May 28, 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.