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Dallas Larry Pierce

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Dallas Larry Pierce Famous memorial Veteran

Birth
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA
Death
15 Feb 1961 (aged 24)
Kampenhout, Arrondissement Halle-Vilvoorde, Flemish Brabant, Belgium
Burial
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
Plot
Mausoleum
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1961 US Figure Skating Dance Champion. He was with his skating partner of only a few months, Diane Sherbloom, due to the fact that his regular partner broke her ankle. Larry started skating at 17 and was the winner of over 13 awards at the time of his death. He perished with the entire US Figure Skating Team in a plane crash en route to the Worlds Figure Skating Championship in Prague, Czechoslovakia. He also served in the United States Marine Corps Reserve.
1961 US Figure Skating Dance Champion. He was with his skating partner of only a few months, Diane Sherbloom, due to the fact that his regular partner broke her ankle. Larry started skating at 17 and was the winner of over 13 awards at the time of his death. He perished with the entire US Figure Skating Team in a plane crash en route to the Worlds Figure Skating Championship in Prague, Czechoslovakia. He also served in the United States Marine Corps Reserve.

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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Originally Created by: Stephanie
  • Added: Jan 21, 2005
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10353981/dallas_larry-pierce: accessed ), memorial page for Dallas Larry Pierce (5 Aug 1936–15 Feb 1961), Find a Grave Memorial ID 10353981, citing Washington Park East Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.