Rank: Private First Class
Unit: G Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11E – Armor Crewman
Awards: National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Unit awards: Valorous Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 17-Mar-1951
Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Start of tour: Unknown
Incident date: 10-Jun-1970
Date of casualty: 10-Jun-1970
Age at death: 19
Cause of death: Non-Hostile – Died While Missing. Accident. Drowned, suffocated. Drowning.
Walter Melvin Pierce drowned while trying to swim across a stream near G Troop night defensive position (NDP). A search of the area was made area but the body was not recovered. Walter Melvin Pierce was declared deceased on 10-Jun-1971.
Location of fatality: Cambodia
Place of interment: Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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