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JOHN RUDOLPH PEARSON
Major · U.S. Army
April 27, 1934 – August 17, 1966
Service recordJohn Rudolph Pearson, of Thomasville, Georgia, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on August 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- April 27, 1934
- Home of record
- Thomasville, Georgia (Thomas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1966
- Age
- 32
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 10E, Line 16
- HERBERT STERLING MURFFMaster Sergeant · August 8, 1966
- FREDDIE KEMPPrivate · August 17, 1966
- FRANCIS WILLIAM MACKPetty Officer Third Class · August 17, 1966
- ALLEN GLAINE WELLSSpecialist Four · August 17, 1966
- JAMES E BOWERSSergeant · August 18, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WELLS ELDON CUNNINGHAMCaptain · Panel 10E, Line 15
- ALLEN GLAINE WELLSSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 16
From Thomasville
- FRANK THORNTON JRSpecialist Five · May 5, 1964
- LEROY ELTON JONESSergeant · December 21, 1965
- THOMAS DAVID CAMPBELLSergeant · May 29, 1966
- RALPH E MANNINGStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1966
- TERRY MARTIN RIMESSergeant Major · June 3, 1967
- EARL DANIELS JRStaff Sergeant · June 26, 1967
- LAWRENCE ALLEN WHITFIELDSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- JOSEPH HARRISONCorporal · August 9, 1967
- WILLIAM YANCEY HADLEYSergeant · December 4, 1967
- WILLIE CHARLES SCOTTCorporal · February 12, 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.