PIERCE, Marshall Raymond 1913-1944

PIERCE, DODGE, LOILER

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 5/31/2012 at 07:51:18

Marshall Raymond Pierce

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December 20, 1913 – February 28, 1944

IOWAN KILLED IN AUSTALIA;
LT. MARSHALL PIERCE, 31,
VICTIM OF PLANE CRASH

Osage, Iowa – Lt. Marshall Pierce, 31, son of Mrs. J. M. Pierce, was killed in an airplane crash over Queensland, Australia, February 28th, it was reported in a message to his wife, Monday. It was stated a letter will follow giving an explanation of the accident.

Lieutenant Pierce was born December 20, 1913 near Osage. He has been in active service since 1930. He was a radio communications officer. His training for service was at Chanute Field, Illinois, Hawaii, San Antonio, and for the past 2 years in Australia.

Surviving are a son, Jimmy, his wife, his mother, Mrs. J. M. Pierce, and a sister Myrtie Loiler, wife of Captain Loiler, of Bracketville, Texas.

Mason City Globe Gazette, Tuesday March 14, 1944
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Osage Soldier Is Airplane
Victim in S. W. Pacific

OSAGE, IOWA - News of the death of First Lt. Marshall Pierce, 30, in an airplane crash in the Australia-New Guinea area was contained in a message from the department Monday to his wife, and his mother, Mrs. Myrtle Pierce, of Osage.

It was the third violent death among male members of Lieutenant Pierce's family.

His father, J. Max Pierce, lost his life in a dynamite accident five years ago.

Seven years ago his brother, Dean, was accidentally shot while swimming in the Cedar river above Spring park. It was believed that the shot was fired by hunters along shore at some object in the water.

Lieutenant Pierce was born in Osage, December 20, 1913. He had been in the army 13 years, having enlisted after his graduation from high school.

He served two and a half years in Hawaii before Pearl Harbor, and had been overseas the last year and a half.

He married Lois Sherman of San Antonio, Tex., seven years ago, and they have one son, James. They are making their home with Lieutenant Pierce's mother here. A sister also survives, Mrs. Merle Loiler, Los Angeles, California, formerly a Wac.

[Waterloo Daily Courier, Tuesday, March 14, 1944, Waterloo, Iowa]
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Iowa Births and Christenings: 1857-1947
Name: Marshall Raymond Pierce
Birth Date: 20 Dec 1913
Father's Name: John M Pierce
Mother's name: Myrtle B Dodge
FHL Film Number: 1535244

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World War II and Korean Veterans Interred Overseas

Name: Marshall R Pierce
Inducted From: Virginia
Rank: First Lieutenant
Combat Organization: 33rd Bomber Squadron 22nd Bomber Group
Death Date: 28 Feb 1944
Monument: Fort William Mckinley, Manila, the Philippines
Last Known Status: Missing