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WILLIAM C PIERSON III
Chief Warrant Officer 3 · U.S. Army
December 23, 1947 – April 13, 1969
Service recordWilliam C Pierson III, of Madison, Wisconsin, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 3 in the U.S. Army. He was lost on April 13, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 77
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 3 (CW3)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Madison, Wisconsin (Dane County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 13, 1969
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 27W, Line 77
- RICHARD ALLAN BROWNEPrivate First Class · April 13, 1969
- JOSEPH JOHN REMEIKAS JRPrivate First Class · April 13, 1969
- LARRY OLIVER ROBBINSPrivate First Class · April 13, 1969
- THOMAS GILBERT ROMAINELance Corporal · April 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALVIE JUNIOR LEDFORD JRCaptain · Panel 27W, Line 75
- RALPH DAVID MCMURTRYSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 76
- JOSEPH DUDLEY MELONSON JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 27W, Line 76
- JOHN HALE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 78
- NELSON OMAR VANHOUTENPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 78
- LOUIS JOSEPH WEHRHEIMSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 79
From Madison
- ROSCOE AMMERMANStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1965
- JEAN PIERRE DOWLINGLance Corporal · January 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH BANOVEZ JRCorporal · July 18, 1966
- WILLY VASCILLE QUASTStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1967
- THOMAS ERWIN MATUSHPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN THOMAMajor · January 12, 1967
- LEONARD DEAN THOMPSONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1967
- GORDON WAYNE STOFLETLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- VERNON GENE STICHSpecialist Four · August 7, 1967
- MARK WILLARD NEUMANNSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
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.