Executed
Walter Pierce
Walter Pierce, a 21-year-old Black man, was executed by the State of Arkansas on December 9, 1949, according to the Arkansas Department of Corrections. The state's record lists the death as an execution carried out in state custody at a prison. The source gives no further details about his life, family, or the circumstances leading to the execution.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Arkansas Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.