William Frances PIERSON^[1]

1925 - 1945  (19 years)

• Name	William Frances PIERSON
  Birth	16 Dec 1925
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	William (Bill) Burgess Pierson , Jr.
  Reference Number	2637
  _UID	76079146DD2C4ABF846251179A3B3D02C8DC
  Death	26 Feb 1945	in WW II
  Person ID	I26447	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	William Burgess PIERSON,   b. 15 Mar 1901   d. 23 Dec 1984 (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Richmond Virginia STONE,   b. 28 Sep 1900, Privateer Township, Sumter Co., SC d. 10 Feb 1977, Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	13 Nov 1920	Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina   [2]
  _UID	013AF4CF4B3B4CB6BD54A8C7B22772C91AAD
  _UID	013AF4CF4B3B4CB6BD54A8C7B22772C91AAD
  Family ID	F18598	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Bill was killed while serving in the US Air Force during WW II. He was on a base (India?) where he was fueling an airplane which exploded. He is buried in a grave in ???? with the rest of his crew. There is a plaque in the Augusta Cemetery.

  
  

• Sources

  [S68] Cochran Gedcom File. [S5540] Marriage License Index- By Grooms’ Name, page 1841.