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ROBERT EMMETT PIERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 6, 1948 – March 21, 1969
Service recordRobert Emmett Pierson, of Chatham, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 1
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Seaman (61A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Chatham, New Jersey (Morris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
83 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 1
- CHARLES FRANCIS ORLOWSKISpecialist Four · March 21, 1969
- DAVID BRUCE PETERSONCaptain · March 21, 1969
- LEONARD LEE PRESTON JRFirst Lieutenant · March 21, 1969
- RENE ANTHONY SANTOSSpecialist Five · March 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANKLIN D ASHLEY IISpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 94
- ROBERT ALLEN BAETZELWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 29W, Line 95
- RICHARD C BENICEWICZCaptain · Panel 29W, Line 96
- ROBERT ALAN DALTONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29W, Line 97
- HARRY HUTCHISON GIBSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29W, Line 98
- THOMAS EDWARD JONES JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29W, Line 100
- ALBERT OTTO KRAUSSERSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 101
- TED DOUGLAS MILLSSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 103
- THOMAS MCKNETT NEWMANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29W, Line 104
- DAVID BRUCE PETERSONCaptain · Panel 28W, Line 1
- RENE ANTHONY SANTOSSpecialist Five · Panel 28W, Line 1
- DALE LOUIS STOCKSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 4
- GERALD RICHARD THOMPSONSpecialist Five · Panel 28W, Line 5
- MICHAEL KELLY THOMPSONCaptain · Panel 28W, Line 5
From Chatham
- ROBERT BRUCE GILRAY JRSecond Lieutenant · September 7, 1968
- GUY FREDERICK JOHNSONWarrant Officer 1 · March 26, 1969
- STEPHEN JAMES HADLEYSergeant · May 15, 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.