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West Virginia Veterans Database Record Detail
Item Details: Record Id: 7237
War: WWII
Name: Clyde Walter Pierce
Sex: M
Race: W
County: Marion
Community: Fairmont
Branch of Service: Navy
Rank: S1C
Service Number: 05600436
Date of Death: 1944/12/18
Place of Death: Asiatic area
Cause of Death: MIA
Place of Burial: Tablets of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery
Unit: USS Hull
Date of Birth: 1924/11/24
Place of Birth: Fairmont, Marion County

Father:

Hinton Noble Pierce
Mother: Edna Violet Merrifield Pierce
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Date Added to Memorial:  Original
Source: WV Vet Mem Application; Fairmont Times-West Virginian - memorial service notice - no date (photo included) Fairmont Times 1945/01/25; 1930 census; Fairmont Times 1945/01/08, 1945/05/27; 1945/11/12
Notes: He was a student at Fairmont HS at the time of his enlistment. Ship sunk by typhoon
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