[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 1431]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               IN HONOR OF 2ND LIEUTENANT SETH C. PIERCE

 Mr. NELSON of Nebraska. Mr. President, today I wish to honor 
2LT Seth Pierce of Lincoln, NE.
  Lieutenant Pierce was a proud member of the U.S. Marine Corps, whose 
friends remember him as a dedicated and passionate person who ``wore 
his heart on his sleeve.'' While attending Lincoln Southeast High 
School, he ran the first leg on his relay team and won the State 
championship in 2001. His coach described his team as ``the most 
overachieving boys I've ever coached. They won because they were 
connected to each other.''
  A 2002 graduate of Lincoln Southeast High School and a 2006 graduate 
of Arizona State University, Lieutenant Pierce was commissioned as a 
second lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps in December 2006. Leutenant 
Pierce passed away due to a car accident on October 21, 2007, in 
Quantico, VA, where he was stationed.
  Lieutenant Pierce is survived by his parents, Larry and Linda Pierce 
of Surprise, AZ; his brother and sister-in-law, Aaron and Crystal 
Pierce, of Omaha; and his grandparents, Edwin and Ruth Steffens and 
Luther and Esther Pierce, all of Lincoln. I offer my most sincere 
condolences to the family and friends of Lieutenant Pierce. His noble 
service to the United States of America is to be respected and 
appreciated. The loss of this remarkable marine is felt by all 
Nebraskans, and his courage to follow his dreams will remain as an 
inspiration.

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