United States of AmericaPOW / MIA · Still unaccounted for
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U.S. Army · United States 
William C Pierson III
1947 – 1969
Vietnam Wall · Panel 27W
Chief Warrant Officer 3 William Cooper Pierson III served in the U.S. Army. William served with the 101 AIRBORNE DIV. William served in the Vietnam War and the Cold War. William was 21 years old.
How They Died
Manner
Undetermined
Cause
Multiple traumatic injuries
Circumstance
Missing in action
Place
Quang Nam
Service Record
U.S. Army
062B: Helicopter Pilot, Utility and Light Cargo Single Rotor
QUANG NAM
1978
Pay grade W03.
Conflicts
Awards & Decorations
5
Foreign awards
Memorials
Burial Information
Cemetery
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
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William C Pierson III
Chief Warrant Officer 3
U.S. Army
- 1978
17th Cavalry Regiment
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