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Donald Irvin Pierce

 
 
Donald Irvin Pierce Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, April 7, 2023
1. Donald Irvin Pierce Marker
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Specialist 4, US. Army - Korean War
504th Military Police Company, Ft. Eustis, VA

An infantryman, Den first drove trucks with the 264th Transportation Division. However, as an infantryman qualified with M1 rifle and 45 caliber pistol he was assigned to the infantry for the fight along the 30th parallel where they looked directly into Manchuria. Once back stateside, Don was assigned MP duties at Ft. Eustis until his discharge.

Extend Active Duty & January 1964 at C, WY - Honorably Discharged 18 December 1956 at FL. Eustis, VA

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Korean.
 
Location. 42° 18.598′ N, 75° 24.258′ W. Memorial is in Sidney, New York, in Delaware County. It is at the intersection of River Street and New York State Route 8, on the left when traveling east on River Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 113 River Street, Sidney NY 13838, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Upstate New York and in the Southern Tier. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Robert Charles Shaw (here, next to this marker); Ralph Henry Arrandale (here, next to this marker); John B. Phillips (here, next to this marker); David Arthur Barber (here, next to this marker); Richard M. Viele
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(here, next to this marker); Richard Martin Viele, Jr. (here, next to this marker); James Daniel Wilbur (here, next to this marker); Paul Arthur "Beamer" Beames (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sidney.
 
Donald Irvin Pierce Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, April 7, 2023
2. Donald Irvin Pierce Marker
Memorial Wall 3 image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, April 7, 2023
3. Memorial Wall 3
Sidney Veterans Memorial Park image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, April 7, 2023
4. Sidney Veterans Memorial Park
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 10, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 31, 2023, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 119 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 31, 2023, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.
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