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RICHARD MAX PEARL
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
May 12, 1938 – July 21, 1970
Service recordRichard Max Pearl, of Lorain, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 21, 1970, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 39
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 12, 1938
- Home of record
- Lorain, Ohio (Lorain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1970
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1970; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 39
- FRANCIS EDWARD MAUNECorporal · July 21, 1970
- RONALD JAMES SCHULTZSergeant First Class · July 21, 1970
- JOHNNY FRED SCOTTLance Corporal · July 21, 1970
- DONALD RENAY WORKMANCaptain · July 21, 1970
From Lorain
- RAYMOND ELLSWORTH RUPCICFirst Lieutenant · April 6, 1965
- DONALD RAYMOND BONKOCaptain · November 26, 1965
- RONALD RALICHPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- THOMAS REGINALD COWLEYStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- RAYMOND HODOROWSKILance Corporal · March 6, 1967
- GEORGE WILLIAM MCDANIELPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- JOSE HECTOR ORTIZPrivate First Class · June 28, 1967
- LARRY EDWARD FIELDSLance Corporal · July 14, 1967
- BRUCE BERNARD LIVINGSTONLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH NAGYPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
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.