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WILLIAM WESLEY PIERCE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 15, 1944 – May 14, 1966
Service recordWilliam Wesley Pierce, of Belton, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 60
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 15, 1944
- Home of record
- Belton, Texas (Bell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 60
- FRANK DELZELL RALSTON IIIMajor · May 14, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS SMALLWOODLance Corporal · May 14, 1966
- DARYL KENNETH STANNARDSergeant First Class · May 14, 1966
- CURTIS LEE WATSON JRCorporal · May 14, 1966
From Belton
- CARROLL WAYNE PERRYPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- THOMAS BOYD SHARPFirst Lieutenant · April 25, 1967
- BILLY RAY BROWNSergeant · May 26, 1968
- JAMES DILLON WARDLOWPrivate First Class · September 13, 1968
- ALBERT CHARLES SMITHStaff Sergeant · May 4, 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.