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ROGER LEE PIERCE
Major · U.S. Army
April 26, 1937 – January 25, 1972
Service recordRoger Lee Pierce, of Glen Ellyn, Illinois, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1972, in Ba Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 100
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- April 26, 1937
- Home of record
- Glen Ellyn, Illinois (Du Page County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1972
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Ba Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1972; he was the only one lost in Ba Xugen Province that day. In January 1972, 47 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 100
- WALTER C B MORANSpecialist Four · January 23, 1972
- FERNANDO FIGUEROASpecialist Five · January 24, 1972
- BARRY LEE SMITHSpecialist Four · January 24, 1972
- MICHAEL JOHN WELCHFirst Lieutenant · January 25, 1972
From Glen Ellyn
- JOHN FELLOWS SCULL JRSpecialist Four · March 21, 1966
- JOHN BRUCE CAPELSecond Lieutenant · May 12, 1966
- THOMAS BENEDICT DUFFY JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS MORGANCaptain · September 4, 1967
- WILLIAM WALTER DICKEYLieutenant Colonel · February 23, 1969
- RONALD EDWIN HAGSTROMSpecialist Four · October 2, 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.