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WILLIAM EDWIN PIERSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 11, 1948 – December 15, 1967
Service recordWilliam Edwin Pierson, of Brookfield, Wisconsin, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 15, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 4
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- August 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Brookfield, Wisconsin (Waukesha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 4
- JOE PENA JRSergeant · December 15, 1967
- ERNESTO PEREZPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
- RICHARD MICHAEL PROSCIAPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
- JAMES LOUIS REICHELTPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
From Brookfield
- WILLIAM ROBERT GLUECKSTEINHospitalman · January 29, 1966
- JAMES BRIAN HUDISLieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- HOWARD V MATSON JRLance Corporal · December 4, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES MANNSpecialist Four · January 8, 1967
- THOMAS ARTHUR GERGPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- JOHN PAUL VISPrivate First Class · September 18, 1967
- RICHARD WILLIAM STEINSpecialist Four · October 26, 1967
- DONALD ALAN KIRKHAMHospitalman · February 1, 1968
- JAMES GEORGE ZEIMETWarrant Officer 1 · September 4, 1968
- LANCE ALLEN ROBINSONCorporal · March 23, 1971
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.