{"id":2047,"date":"2014-07-26T20:31:57","date_gmt":"2014-07-27T00:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lcpllutzlivetotell.org\/?p=2047"},"modified":"2019-07-19T23:04:42","modified_gmt":"2019-07-20T03:04:42","slug":"noah-charles-pierce-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/?p=2047","title":{"rendered":"Noah Charles Pierce, 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15858 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/lcpllutzlivetotell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Pierce-Noah-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Pierce-Noah-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Pierce-Noah-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Pierce-Noah-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Pierce-Noah-120x150.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Army Specialist Noah Charles Pierce, born December of 1983, in Sacramento, California, beloved son of Tom and Cheryl Harris Softich; beloved brother of Sarah.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Noah grew up in Virginia, Minnesota, and he was a graduate of Eveleth-Gilbert High School. He enlisted in the US Army on June 24, 2002. Noah served two tours of duty in 2003 and 2005 during the war in Iraq.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Noah was an avid hunter and fisherman. He was a member of the Yorki-Bergman American Legion, Post No. 220 of Mountain Iron.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Noah authored eleven poems chronicling his time spent in the combat zone and his experiences he faced when he returned home from Iraq, three of which were published in a college English book.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">SPC Noah C Pierce lost his battle with PTS, July 26, 2007, in Eveleth, Minnesota. He was 23 years old.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=0CB0QFjAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fminnesota.cbslocal.com%2F2011%2F05%2F04%2Fdeath-after-war-a-minnesot-soldiers-story%2F&amp;ei=THnsU5ps0ZfIBJHngtgC&amp;usg=AFQjCNGysoQ1dWT9P2qKPYNti7wcvGMAiw&amp;sig2=Tw_WxSFJqxdWDHzPwmBjhw&amp;bvm=bv.72938740%2Cd.aWw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SPC Noah Pierce&#8217;s story, cbs Minnesota news:<\/a><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.utne.com\/politics\/lonely-death-noah-pierce-ptsd-iraq-war.aspx#axzz3PkAKbRQG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Life and Lonely Death of Noah Pierce:<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/lcpllutzlivetotell.org\/contribute-memorial-wall\">Add your loved one to the wall<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-comments\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-href=\"http:\/\/lcpllutzlivetotell.org\/2014\/07\/noah-charles-pierce-23\/\" data-numposts=\"5\" data-=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/lcpllutzlivetotell.org\/2014\/07\/noah-charles-pierce-23\/\" data-=\"\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Army Specialist Noah Charles Pierce, born December of 1983, in Sacramento, California, beloved son of Tom and Cheryl Harris Softich; beloved brother of Sarah. Noah grew up in Virginia, Minnesota, and he was a graduate of Eveleth-Gilbert High School. He enlisted in the US Army on June 24, 2002. Noah &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15858,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-memorial-wall"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}