Walter Melvin Pierce

Vietnam War
Unit2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
RankPrivate First Class U.S. Army
Entered Service FromPhiladelphia Pennsylvania
Date of DeathJune 10 1970
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Notes
Private First Class Pierce was a member of Troop G, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment. On June 10, 1970, he was in a defensive position in Mondol Kiri Province, Cambodia 20 miles west-southwest of Chbar. In returning to his defensive position, Private First Class Pierce had to cross a stream. He was caught in the current and drowned. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.