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RONALD SHAFER PIERCE
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
September 28, 1949 – May 7, 1969
Service recordRonald Shafer Pierce, of Kenmore, New York, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 7, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 19
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Kenmore, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 19
- DONALD RAY HAYWOODPrivate First Class · May 7, 1969
- LOUIS ANTONIO PEREZSpecialist Four · May 7, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL SHINAULTFirst Lieutenant · May 7, 1969
- DANIEL TIRADOPrivate First Class · May 7, 1969
From Kenmore
- KENNETH WILLIAM ORTON JRSergeant · April 26, 1967
- GEORGE FRANCIS CATALANOPrivate First Class · July 30, 1967
- ROGER EDWARD KELLYLance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- HARRY JAY KORDASIEWICZPetty Officer Third Class · April 6, 1968
- WILLIAM EIDMAN WILCOX JRSpecialist Four · May 10, 1968
- THOMAS F FLANIGAN IICaptain · September 15, 1968
- JOHN LAWRENCE WARDStaff Sergeant · April 27, 1970
- JOHN GEORGE PAGEPrivate First Class · September 12, 1970
- ROBERT ARTHUR BOJANEKSpecialist Four · November 30, 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.