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DAVID ALLEN PEARSON
Fireman · U.S. Navy
March 6, 1948 – July 23, 1968
Service recordDavid Allen Pearson, of Town Of Tonawanda, New York, served as a Fireman in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 23, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 43
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. Navy
- Rank
- Fireman (FN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fireman (FN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 9 ASLT DIV 91
- Born
- March 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Town Of Tonawanda, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1968; four of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 9 ASLT DIV 91”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 43
- THOMAS RUDOLPH OWENSGunnery Sergeant · July 23, 1968
- EDGAR EUGENE PARKERStaff Sergeant · July 23, 1968
- RICHARD LEE ROUSSEAUPrivate · July 23, 1968
- JACK WADE SCARBOROUGH JRSergeant · July 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN FRANKLIN BOBBPetty Officer First Class · Panel 51W, Line 38
From Town Of Tonawanda
- ROGER ELLIS MONTZPrivate First Class · May 19, 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.