[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 22]
[Senate]
[Page 30539]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING OUR ARMED FORCES


                         Lieutenant Seth Pierce

  Mr. HAGEL. Mr. President, I rise to express my sympathy over the loss 
of U.S. Marine Corps 2LT Seth Pierce of Lincoln, NE. Lieutenant Pierce 
died on October 21 from injuries he sustained in an automobile accident 
on base at Quantico, VA, where he was stationed. He was 23 years old.
  Lieutenant Pierce graduated from Lincoln Southeast High School in 
2002, where he led the relay team to a State championship in 2001. 
After graduating from Arizona State University in 2006, he was 
commissioned as a second lieutenant into the U.S. Marine Corps.
  All of Nebraska is proud of Lieutenant Pierce's service to our 
country, as well as that of the thousands of brave men and women 
serving in the U.S. Armed Forces.
  Lieutenant Pierce is remembered as a devoted son, brother, and 
grandson. He is survived by his parents Larry and Linda; his brother 
Aaron, and his grandparents, Edwin and Ruth Steffens, and Luther and 
Esther Pierce.
  I ask my colleagues to join me and all Americans in honoring 2LT Seth 
Pierce.

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