The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Zachary Taylor Piercy
Rank
Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps
Unit
RCN CO HQ BN 1 MAR DIV
Date of Death
April 12, 1953
Corporal Piercy was a member of the Reconnaissance Company, Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division. He was listed as Missing in Action while on a night reconnaissance when ambushed at "Grey Rock Ridge" just east of the Panmunjon Corridor near Combat Outpost "Nan" in South Korea on April 12, 1953. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.