World War II Honoree

Clifton Linwood Pierce, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Suffolk, Virginia

Honored By

Katherine Pierce, Connie Blair, Martha Gruszecki & Katherine Hacker

Relationship

Wife & Daughters

SERVED FROM SEPTEMBER 2, 1942 TO JANUARY 22, 1946 AS AVIATION MACHINIST'S MATE SECOND CLASS. SERVED AS A GUNNER OF A CARRIER BASED AVENGER TORPEDO BOMBER PLANE. FLEW ON MORE THAN 60 COMBAT SORTIES. HE WAS ATTACHED TO THE NAVY'S COMPOSITE SQUADRON 97 ABOARD AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER OF THE CASABLANCA CLASS. RECEIVED THE AIR MEDAL WITH 1 GOLD STAR, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL WITH 3 STARS, AMERICAN AREA MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL.