Rank: Private First Class
Unit: I Troop, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 63C – General Vehicle Repairman
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Unit awards: Meritorious Unit Citation, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 28-Nov-1944
Hometown: Bonnie, Illinois
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 6-Oct-1965
Start of tour: 24-Aug-1966
Incident date: 9-Oct-1966
Date of casualty: 9-Oct-1966
Age at death: 21
Cause of death: Hostile, died of wounds. Small Arms Fire. Gun or small arms fire.
John Robert Pierce died on 9 Oct 1966 in Vietnam as the result of gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen. He was manning an observation post when hit by hostile sniper fire.
Location of fatality: South Vietnam
Place of interment: Bethel Memorial Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Illinois, USA
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