ROBERT EARL PIERCE
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Officer Rank: Chief of Police
Memorial Panel: 48-W: 10
Department: Irwin, Pennsylvania, P.D.
End of Watch: June 23, 1957
Cause: STRU
Age: 35
Years of Service: 1
Description: Chief Pierce was struck by a passing motorist as he and Officer Michael George were lighting oil lamps barricades next to a sewer excavation. Officer George was able to leap out of the path of the oncoming car. Chief Pierce died of his injuries the next day. No charges were filed.
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