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NORMAN JAMES PEARSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 12, 1949 – February 9, 1971
Service recordNorman James Pearson, of Hebron, Maryland, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 92
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)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Hebron, Maryland (Wicomico County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 92
- FRED DALE PAKELEStaff Sergeant · February 9, 1971
- PHILLIP JAMES SANDOVALCorporal · February 9, 1971
- STEPHEN LEE WHISENANTCaptain · February 9, 1971
- BLAKE DOMINIC WHITNEYPrivate · February 9, 1971
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN DOUGLAS MCDOWELLCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 91
From Hebron
- HARVEY RAYMOND WATSONCorporal · July 26, 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.