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EARL THOMAS PEARSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 22, 1950 – November 10, 1969
Service recordEarl Thomas Pearson JR, of Maywood, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 10, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 54
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- November 22, 1950
- Home of record
- Maywood, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 54
- ROBERT PETER QUERYPrivate First Class · November 10, 1969
- ROBERT JAMES SALISBURYSergeant First Class · November 10, 1969
- LESLIE FRED SHENKSpecialist Four · November 10, 1969
- DANIEL JEFFREY SMITHSpecialist Four · November 10, 1969
From Maywood
- THOMAS EARL CONNERPrivate First Class · March 8, 1966
- GARY LEE JONESSpecialist Four · February 4, 1967
- WILLIAM MICHAEL GEIERSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- LARRY ANTHONY HARTIGANHospitalman · February 23, 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.