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Personal info

Full name
PIERCE, Norman Johnson
Date of birth
5 August 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Clinton, Hickman County, Kentucky
Hometown
Clinton, Hickman County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35072120
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
16 November 1944
Place of death
Near Halloville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 43 34

Immediate family

Members
Prentess Pierce (father)
Frances M. Pierce (mother)
Ethel I. (Guffey) Pierce (wife)
Yvonne Pierce (daughter)
Frankie Pierce (daughter)
Eugene Pierce (son)

More information

Pvt Norman J. Pierce was a skilled mechanic and repairman before he enlisted at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 10 March 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / McLean Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Albert Ledoux / Andy
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy