A PERRY PIERCE
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Officer Rank: Private
Memorial Panel: 40-E: 2
Department: Alexandria, Virginia, P.D.
End of Watch: September 7, 1930
Cause: SHOT
Age: 32
Years of Service: 8 months
Description: Private Pierce was shot in the chest in an exchange of gunfire as he attempted to arrest a robbery suspect. Private Pierce was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. The suspect died of his injuries the next day. The suspect was a member of a gang wanted for robbing freight cars and authorities believed that he was also implicated in the deaths of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Special Agent Lyle Clements (Panel 10-W: 24) and Special Agent William A. Smith (Panel 13-W: 24).
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