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RONALD GERARD PIERCE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 16, 1944 – September 6, 1966
Service recordRonald Gerard Pierce, of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 6, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Pawtucket, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 73
- TOMMY TRAXLER JRPrivate First Class · September 6, 1966
- JAMES DARRYL BASHAMPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT BOSHPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
From Pawtucket
- ANTONIO PAUL MACIMINIOLance Corporal · May 21, 1966
- NORMAND AURELE PLANTESpecialist Four · April 28, 1967
- CHARLES YAGHOOBIAN JRFirst Lieutenant · October 14, 1967
- RAYMOND WIL MICHALOPOULOSSpecialist Four · November 21, 1967
- ROBERT WILFRED RENAUDPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- WILLIAM HOWARD MOORE IIISpecialist Four · January 28, 1968
- JAMES VINCENT CAVANAUGHSpecialist Four · February 18, 1969
- ROBERT EDWARD OBRIENCaptain · March 21, 1969
- WALTER LEO PRITCHARD JRLieutenant Colonel · April 12, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM DEANLance Corporal · April 14, 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.