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WILLIAM EARVIN PIERCE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 29, 1952 – February 13, 1971
Service recordWilliam Earvin Pierce, of Azusa, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 13, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 101
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 29, 1952
- Home of record
- Azusa, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1971
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 101
- MICHAEL DUANE ADKINSSpecialist Four · February 13, 1971
- JOSEPH VENSON MARTINSergeant First Class · February 13, 1971
- JAMES ALBERT MICHAELSergeant · February 13, 1971
- KENNETH RANDAL PRICECaptain · February 13, 1971
From Azusa
- FRED LEWIS PEDERSENStaff Sergeant · January 28, 1967
- JOHNNY LEE WASHBURNSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- RONNY LEROY PALMERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
- FRANK GONZALES ROMOSergeant · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT GEAN COOPERPrivate First Class · August 14, 1968
- FAGALII LAITA LEATUTUFUStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1968
- TRINIDAD GUTIERREZ PRIETOSpecialist Four · February 13, 1970
- JOE LUNA JRSpecialist Four · August 28, 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.