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JAMES CLIFFORD PEARSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 30, 1943 – April 19, 1967
Service recordJames Clifford Pearson, of Shelby, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 50
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 30, 1943
- Home of record
- Shelby, North Carolina (Cleveland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 18E, Line 50
- BILLY J PATTERSONSpecialist Four · April 19, 1967
- LARRY RAY REEVESWarrant Officer 1 · April 19, 1967
- JAMES RAY SCALFLance Corporal · April 19, 1967
- JOHN HAROLD SHERMANPrivate First Class · April 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM WAYNE BISHOPSpecialist Five · Panel 18E, Line 47
From Shelby
- RONALD ERNEST MULLINAXCorporal · December 21, 1965
- JERRY DONALD CARTERSergeant · June 7, 1966
- JAMES HAROLD BRITTAINStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1967
- JIMMY KEITH MORRISONPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- HAROLD HUGH WELCHCorporal · January 29, 1968
- ROLAND CLEMON CROSBYSpecialist Four · May 8, 1968
- JOE LOUIS LOCKHAR MCGILLLance Corporal · May 9, 1968
- WAYNE ROGER HOYLEPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
- ERNEST FRANKLIN ELDERSLance Corporal · March 20, 1969
- JAMES HOPPER JRPrivate First Class · June 10, 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.