#061 Kevin "Ivan" Pierce

SPC Pierce was known as Kevin to his family and Ivan to his friends. Kevin was given the name Ivan by Charlie Duncan, another member of Camp Hamilton. Ivan was often called Charlie Duncan’s son. After serving in the Special Forces, Ivan and his friends would visit Camp Hamilton. Looking around the camp, Ivan picked out the spot for his tree - close to the bar and the bathroom so that he would always be near the people he cared about, all of whom frequented those two areas. When he was in the Army, Ivan was deployed to Honduras in Central America and later Somalia for when Black Hawk went down as part of the rescue team. Ivan also went to Bosnia. The deployment that stood out the most was in northern Iraq with the Kurds. He enjoyed his time with the Kurds, who he thought were great people, evening volunteering to return multiple times. Sadly, while Ivan was stationed in northern Iraq, he caught a disease from which he never recovered. He passed away at an early age.