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Personal info

Full name
PIERCE, Jefferson Davis III
Date of birth
26 January 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Swissvale, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31005407
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
90th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Injuries
Date of death
3 November 1944
Place of death
Wiesbaden, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 4 12

Immediate family

Members
Jefferson D. Pierce (father)
Agnes M. (Caulfield) Pierce (mother)
Josephine Pierce (sister)
Madelaine J. Pierce (sister)
Elizabeth A. Pierce (sister)
Frank R. Pierce (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Jefferson D. Pierce III was a sales clerk before he enlisted in Worcester, Massachusetts on 1 March 1941.

While on a reconnaissance patrol north of Metz on 24 October 1944, S/Sgt Pierce sustained wounds from which he died ten days later in a German prison hospital at Stalag XII-C.

He served with his unit since the invasion on Utah Beach on 6 June 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record / World War II Prisoners of War Data File, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index / 1930/1940 Census, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, Worcester High School of Commerce 1930 Caduceus Yearbook