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DAVID L PEARSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 24, 1946 – January 5, 1967
Service recordDavid L Pearson, of Maxwell, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 117
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Maxwell, Iowa (Story County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 117
- ROGER C MITCHELLCorporal · January 5, 1967
- MARTIN WALTER MORENOSpecialist Four · January 5, 1967
- HARVEY R PARKERPrivate · January 5, 1967
- ROBERT LEE SIMPKINS JRPrivate First Class · January 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY ALLEN MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 116
- ROGER C MITCHELLCorporal · Panel 13E, Line 117
- MARTIN WALTER MORENOSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 117
- HARVEY R PARKERPrivate · Panel 13E, Line 117
From Maxwell
- DICK E CUFFSpecialist Four · March 20, 1968
- RICHARD M WELCHFirst Lieutenant · October 2, 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.