WILLIAM CALVIN PEARCE

Company A 1/22 Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 03/14/1967

Army - PFC - E3

Age: 19
Race: Caucasian
Sex: Male
Date of Birth Jul 31, 1947
From: DETROIT, MI
Religion: BAPTIST
Marital Status: Married

PFC - E3 - Army - Selective Service
4th Infantry Division
MOS: 11D10: Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Length of service 0 years
His tour began on Feb 3, 1967
Casualty was on Mar 14, 1967
In KONTUM, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
MULTIPLE FRAGMENTATION WOUNDS
Body was recovered

Panel 16E - Line 81

William Pearce was killed in a battle with NVA forces during Operation Sam Houston,
at grid reference YA600587, approximately 26 kilometers west of Plei Djereng airfield.

Newspaper article announcing the death of PFC William Pearce

Courtesy of David Olsen

PFC William C. Pearce's decorations

Burial:
Grand Lawn Cemetery
Detroit
Wayne County
Michigan, USA
Plot: Sec. 26, Lot 314, Grave 6

William C. Pearce's grave marker

Photo from the Find A Grave website

Top photo courtesy of Lisa Lark

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