Joseph Elija Pierce
from Mountain Creek,Alabama,USA
Private First Class (34708252)
1 Company 2 Regiment
born 27.12.1923 Deatsville,Alabama
son of Thomas Jefferson and Viola (nee Judy) Pierce
farm hand in civilian life
enlisted 2.3.1943 Fort McClellan,Alabama
1 Ranger Bn
4 Ranger Bn (Company E)
FSSF 1944
retired as Staff Sergeant
married Catherine Lee Powell (1930-97)
died 21.11.2006 Marbury,Alabama
Verbena Cemetery,Verbena,Chilton County,Alabama