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ANTHONY JOSEPH PEARSON
Captain · U.S. Air Force
June 13, 1941 – October 21, 1968
Service recordAnthony Joseph Pearson, of Olympia, Washington, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 21, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 14
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 13, 1941
- Home of record
- Olympia, Washington (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1968; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 14
- ALDEN WALTON OBRIENLieutenant Colonel · October 21, 1968
- MICHAEL ALLEN RANDALL SRPrivate First Class · October 21, 1968
- RUBEN EVERARDO REYESSergeant · October 21, 1968
- ROBERT BROOKS RICHARDSONLieutenant Colonel · October 21, 1968
From Olympia
- DARRELL THOMAS RAYPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- WILFRED C JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- KENNETH MILES CROUTPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- EDWARD WILLIAM WELLSWarrant Officer 1 · April 23, 1967
- EDWARD ORVILLE BILSIEStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1967
- ROBERT ERIC LOCHRIDGESergeant · January 30, 1968
- KENNETH R WILLIAMS JRCorporal · March 9, 1968
- GARY LEIGH MACKSergeant · April 29, 1968
- CHARLES JAMES WHYTESergeant · May 28, 1968
- KENNETH ALLEN HODGESSergeant First Class · November 14, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.