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TED PIERCE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 26, 1945 – October 10, 1969
Service recordTed Pierce, of Layton, Utah, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 10, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 63
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Layton, Utah (Davis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1969; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 63
- NICHOLAS PIERRE LANNOYECorporal · October 10, 1969
- ROBERT LANI LAZARUSCorporal · October 10, 1969
- CALVIN WALTER MAXWELLMajor · October 10, 1969
- EUGENE JOSEPH MORSEFirst Lieutenant · October 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM RAYMOND ADAMSCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 60
- THOMAS FRANCIS BROWN JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 17W, Line 60
- WILLIAM ROLLAND GODFREYSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 61
- ROBERT LANI LAZARUSCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 63
- LARRY GENE PREWITTSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 64
- JOSE CONTRERAS SALINASSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 64
From Layton
- JOHN COOLEY ELLISONCaptain · March 24, 1967
- ALLEN BRUCE GLINESPrivate First Class · January 3, 1968
- THOMAS HARVEY SCHOFIELDPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- KENNETH WAYNE ECKMANCorporal · July 10, 1968
- JESSE BRENT STEVENSONFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 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.