Jackie Wayne Pierce

Arkansas Dept. of Corrections — Pine Bluff, AR

Accident Veteran

End of Watch December 31, 1997

Age 53

Tour of Duty 8 yrs

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Gender Male

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Incident

Correctional Officer Jackie Pierce was killed in a single-vehicle crash on US 79.

He was driving a department van from the agency's central office in Pine Bluff to the Mississippi County Work Release Center in Luxora. He had just picked up food items and payroll checks from the central office when the collision occurred.

Officer Pierce was a U.S. Coast Guard veteran and had served with the Arkansas Department of Correction for eight years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and three children.

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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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.
Correctional Officer Pierce gave the Arkansas Department of Corrections 8 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Arkansas. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Arkansas Dept. of Corrections

Location Pine Bluff, AR

Platform Identity arkacorr.jefferson.ar.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 31, 1997

Tour of Duty 8 yrs

Age 53

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Jackie Wayne Pierce served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Correctional Officer Jackie Wayne Pierce is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In AR, 92 of 372 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 24.7% of this state's fallen. That is 6.3 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Arkansas Dept. of Corrections, 2 of 7 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.6% of this agency's fallen.

Arkansas Dept. of Corrections

of 7 officers

28.6% Accident

AR — Statewide

of 372 officers

24.7% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident