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ROBERT JAMES PIERCE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 26, 1949 – August 11, 1970
Service recordRobert James Pierce, of Ft Gaines, Georgia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 11, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 103
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Ft Gaines, Georgia (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 103
- LUCIEN JOSEPH MIGLIORESergeant · August 11, 1970
- MARCOS PIZARRO-COLONCorporal · August 11, 1970
- THOMAS LAMAR PORTERSpecialist Four · August 11, 1970
- WALTER LEE REDDINGPrivate First Class · August 11, 1970
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.