Lawrence B. Pierce Jr.
Agency patch
Supervisory Border Patrol Agent

Lawrence B. Pierce Jr.

Veteran → Felonious
End of Watch August 17, 1995
Age 49
Tour of Duty 15 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Supervisory Patrol Agent Lawrence Pierce was killed when he was stabbed in Chula Vista, California, while trying to break up a fight in which another person had just been stabbed. Agent Pierce was a patron in a bar at 421 Telegraph Canyon Road when a man entered and fatally stabbed another patron in the chest. Despite being off duty, Agent Pierce chased the subject to a nearby gas station, where he was also stabbed while attempting to talk the man into dropping the knife. The man was arrested and charged with both murders. He was convicted and sentenced to 39 years to life in prison. He was denied parole in 2024. His next parole hearing will be in 2027. Agent Pierce was a United States Marine Corps veteran and served with the United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol for 15 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and three sons.

In Our Keeping

Permanent identifier
neuraspine_01krbxtmjnfgs5hm9ecn6j99fb
Stewardship
Maintained by NeuraWeb Global Inc.
Added to badge.nw
August 2, 2026
Last updated
August 2, 2026

Honored here by 1 tribute.

Are you family? This record can be claimed and maintained by those who knew Lawrence. Claim this record.

Also honored at salute.nw — U.S. Marine Corps. One record, 2 gates. Lawrence is one person.

This page is permanent and free. No fee to view it, no advertising, no tracking, and no account required. It will not be taken down.

Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Supervisory Border Patrol Agent Pierce gave the United States Department of Justice 15 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Type Federal Agency
Location Washington, DC
Platform Identity usdjinsusbpfed.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 17, 1995
Tour of Duty 15 yrs
Age 49
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Edged weapon

Military Service

Lawrence B. Pierce Jr. served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.

View full service record on salute.nw →

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Lawrence is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,552 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

  1. See the roll
  2. See the roll
Compare against
I

Time

In 1995, 96 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 58th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
II

Who

Lawrence was 49. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Lawrence had served 15 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
III

When

August holds 8.9% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Thursdays: 14%.

By month
By day of the week
IV

How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was edged weapon, in 2.2% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
V

His people

United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol has 68 officers remembered here, Lawrence among them.

Across the years
VI

Where

Supervisory Border Patrol Agent Lawrence B. Pierce Jr.

United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol · End of Watch August 17, 1995

Military Service

Lawrence B. Pierce Jr. served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.

Visit Lawrence B. Pierce Jr.’s page on salute.nw →

His full service record — units, decorations, where he served — is kept on salute.nw.

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 50-W

Also Remembered

salute.nw →

↑