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BRUCE FULLER PEARSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 4, 1948 – June 9, 1969
Service recordBruce Fuller Pearson, of Williams, Arizona, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 9, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 6
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Williams, Arizona (Coconino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 6
- MANUEL JUAN PENACorporal · June 9, 1969
- LUTHER RIVES PERKINSSergeant First Class · June 9, 1969
- GUADALUPE PRADO JRSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- LIONEL THOMAS RACHALCorporal · June 9, 1969
From Williams
- BRUCE JAMES DENTSpecialist Four · February 24, 1968
- JERRY NOLAN CHRISTMANPrivate First Class · June 7, 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.