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ROBERT LIVINGSTON PIERCE
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
June 17, 1947 – April 25, 1970
Service recordRobert Livingston Pierce, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 52
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1970; five of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 52
- JOSEPH LORAN NUNNSergeant · April 25, 1970
- JOHN ROGER POWERSSergeant · April 25, 1970
- MASON ERWIN RAGLANDPrivate First Class · April 25, 1970
- SCOTTY HENRY RHEAPrivate First Class · April 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- NORMAN DALE ADKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 48
- WILLIAM WESLEY NOETZELWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 51
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
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.