Rank/Rate: Seaman, Second Class

Service Number: 641 23 58

Birth Date: January 21, 1922

From: Maryville, Tennessee

Decorations: Purple Heart

Submarine: USS Pickerel (SS-177)

Loss Date: April 3, 1943

Location: Off Honshu, Japan

Circumstances: Probably sunk by depth charge attack

Remarks: He was born in Champaign, Illinois. Photo and information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer. NavSource,

Submarine Photo Archive for the USS Pickerel (SS-177)

On Eternal Patrol list of men lost on the USS Pickerel (SS-177)

Find a Grave Memorial: S2 J W Wayne Pierce (Honolulu Memorial).  JW Wayne Pierce has a cenotaph in the family plot at Ellejoy Baptist Church Cemetery in Ellejoy, Tennessee