BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs is working with state partners to protect the Baton Rouge grave of a soldier killed in Korea after the brick burial structure over his grave collapsed.
PFC Samuel Pierre Jr. is buried in Sweet Olive Cemetery, and his casket is exposed to the elements. LDVA learned of the grave’s condition and is working to repair the grave to relocate Pierre’s remains.
Pierre was 22 when he died in Korea on July 1, 1952. He was a New Orleans native who grew up in Baton Rouge and attended McKinley High School before graduating from Gaudet High School in New Orleans. He later attended Southern University…