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KURT BYRON PEARSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 28, 1946 – October 14, 1967
Service recordKurt Byron Pearson, of Deming, New Mexico, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 14, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 3
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Deming, New Mexico (Luna County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- 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 October 14, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 3
- JAMES W MCCARTER JRCaptain · October 14, 1967
- JACK WARREN PHILLIPSCaptain · October 14, 1967
- JOHNNY MORRIS PLATAPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- ROBERT A VANBALLEGOOYENPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WOODY JOE FROSTCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 109
- HENRY J FUGETTSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 109
- WILLIAM RICHARD HENRYCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 1
- ROBERT A VANBALLEGOOYENPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 3
- JOHN DEWEY WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 6
From Deming
- STEVE GONZALES DURANHospitalman · August 18, 1965
- JOSEPH FELIX TRUJILLOGunnery Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- FRANK SOLIS PORTERCorporal · August 30, 1968
- SAMUEL JOHN NUNNPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- RICHARD SAENZPrivate First Class · October 6, 1968
- CLOVIS LEE MAYSergeant · May 22, 1969
- VICTOR MUNOZ ROMANSpecialist Four · June 28, 1969
- JIMMIE FLOYD NABOURSWarrant Officer 1 · June 30, 1970
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.