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SAMUEL HENRY PIERCE JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 14, 1932 – August 16, 1969
Service recordSamuel Henry Pierce JR, of San Francisco, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 16, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 51
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 14, 1932
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1969
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1969; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 51
- RODNEY DWIGHT LITTLECorporal · August 16, 1969
- CLIFFORD PAUL MCCRARYWarrant Officer 1 · August 16, 1969
- MICHAEL DENNIS MUSECorporal · August 16, 1969
- ARTURO ALBERTO NAZABAL JRSpecialist Four · August 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM STEPHEN HEIDERSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 50
- THOMAS DEWITT JONESCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 50
- RODNEY DWIGHT LITTLECorporal · Panel 19W, Line 51
- CHARLES LEONARD TROXELPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 52
- EUGENE TUCKERSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 52
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
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.