World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Clyde Alton Pierce
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Petersburg, Texas
Honored By
Stephen Savage
SERVED AS A CHIEF WATER TENDER ABOARD THE CRUISER USS INDIANAPOLIS CA-35. AFTER DELIVERING THE COMPONENTS FOR THE ATOMIC BOMB TO TINIAN ISLAND, HIS SHIP WAS TORPEDOED AND SUNK JULY 30, 1945. HE WAS LOST AT SEA ALONG WITH 879 FELLOW CREWMEN.