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CARL OSCAR PEARSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 18, 1949 – May 8, 1968
Service recordCarl Oscar Pearson JR, of Silverhill, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 8, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 3
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman (1833)
- Born
- June 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Silverhill, Alabama (Baldwin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 3
- MICHAEL JOSEPH FORDICorporal · May 8, 1968
- FRED SAMUEL FULLERTON JRPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- EDDIE DEAN GADSONPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- RICHARD GONZALEZSergeant · May 8, 1968
From Silverhill
- LEAMUEL ARTIS WHITESecond Lieutenant · March 6, 1968
- CHARLES FRANK STURMASergeant · March 9, 1969
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.