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MICKEY DON PEARSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 13, 1949 – May 6, 1970
Service recordMickey Don Pearson, of Wausa, Nebraska, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 116
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Wausa, Nebraska (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 116
- GARY ROBERT KIESELBURGCorporal · May 6, 1970
- CHARLES W PHILLIPS JRSpecialist Four · May 6, 1970
- ROBERT LITTLETON PHILLIPSCaptain · May 6, 1970
- CLIFFORD EARL POE JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT LEWIS HARRISONStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 114
- GARY LEE MCKIDDYSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 115
- TOMMY LEON WHIDDONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 118
From Wausa
- DAVID NEIL LARSONSeaman · August 8, 1972
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.