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HERBERT PEARSALL JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 30, 1935 – November 21, 1966
Service recordHerbert Pearsall JR, of Mt Olive, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 104
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 30, 1935
- Home of record
- Mt Olive, North Carolina (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 12E, Line 104
- LARRY DUANE NAASZPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- MICHAEL H PENNELLPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- HARRY LEE POWERSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- JOSEPH LEVERN RABONPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JASPER RAY CONWAYSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 99
- GEORGE EPPINGERSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 99
- JIMMY EDWARD STAMEYSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 106
- LEE OWENS WHITE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 108
From Mt Olive
- PHILLIP WAYNE PIGFORDSergeant · March 6, 1968
- GEORGE PATRICK POWERLance Corporal · June 16, 1968
- PHILLIP DEAN HARDYCorporal · June 11, 1969
- WILBERT EARL JONESSpecialist Four · October 17, 1970
- JOSEPH N HARGROVELance Corporal · May 15, 1975
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.