Pvt. Howard William PIERCE

PVT. HOWARD PIERCE

Pvt. Howard William PIERCE, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard PIERCE, was born in Bentleyville [Pa], August 18, 1917 and attended the Dunlevy [Pa] and Stockdale [Pa] schools.

He enlisted September 1, 1939 and was assigned to the Engineers.  He returned to the country in July, 1944 after serving in the South Pacific.

Pvt. PIERCE, who is a former employee of the Corning Glass Works, has three brothers in service, Earnest [PIERCE], who has been hospitalized at a South Pacific base, Everett [PIERCE], in Belgium, and David [PIERCE], last heard from inside Germany.

Pvt. Howard W. PIERCE, of Long Branch [Pa], of the Engineer Corps, returned from the Pacific theatre of operations under the Army rotation plan.

He arrived at Fort Meade, Md., recently and spent some time there before returning here.  This information was furnished by the Third Service Command of the Army Public Relations Section, Philadelphia.

Pvt. Howard William PIERCE

Portrait Photograph

Elco PA, Roscoe PA, and Stockdale PA are tiny boroughs located
  between California PA and Fayette City PA in Fayette Co PA

Elco PA is located at 40°4′45″N, 79°52′29″W (40.079185, -79.874754)^GR1

Roscoe PA is located at 40°4′43″N, 79°51′55″W (40.078513, -79.865225)^GR1.

Stockdale PA is located at 40°5′0″N, 79°51′2″W (40.083348, -79.850456)^GR1.

Allenport is located at 40°5′47″N, 79°50′43″W (40.096260, -79.845278)^GR1.  Allenport, near the Monongahela River, is just past Stockdale.

California PA is located at 40°3′55″N, 79°53′50″W (40.065313, -79.897120)^GR1.

California High School is in California, PA.

Fayette City PA is located at 40°6′2″N, 79°50′20″W (40.100647, -79.838913)^{GR1 in 
Fayette Co PA}

Note: These links go to Map sources/GeoHack on Wikimedia Tools