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GREGORY JOHN PEARSON
Seaman · U.S. Navy
October 17, 1948 – July 14, 1969
Service recordGregory John Pearson, of Encino, California, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 14, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 119
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
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- October 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Encino, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 119
- DENNIS FRANKLIN LORDENSpecialist Four · July 14, 1969
- THEODORE MENDEZ SRStaff Sergeant · July 14, 1969
- JOHN V MORASCINIStaff Sergeant · July 14, 1969
- GEORGE JOHN PASCALESpecialist Four · July 14, 1969
From Encino
- ROBERT DAVID RUDOLPHLieutenant (junior grade) · September 8, 1965
- DAVID LEROY TASKERPrivate First Class · November 26, 1967
- VICTOR CARL NORDSTROMSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
- HOOD HAL HUNTPrivate First Class · March 6, 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.