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GEORGE WILLIAM PEARSON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 29, 1947 – August 19, 1969
Service recordGeorge William Pearson JR, of San Diego, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 72
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 29, 1947
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 72
- HARVEY RICHARD MCCUISTONPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
- ROBERT MELVIN NELSONCaptain · August 19, 1969
- JOHN STEWART ORLEMANNSecond Lieutenant · August 19, 1969
- JOHN DAVID PLUMMERWarrant Officer 1 · August 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JERRY N CREASYCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 66
- ROBERTO CERVANTES DUENASCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 67
- JOHN DAVID DUNCANCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 67
- WILLIAM MICHAEL MACKAYSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 70
- JOHN WALTER VOYLESCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 74
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
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.