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ROBERT HARVEY PEARSON
Captain · U.S. Air Force
August 20, 1942 – June 11, 1967
Service recordRobert Harvey Pearson, of Everett, Washington, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 11, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 92
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- August 20, 1942
- Home of record
- Everett, Washington (Snohomish County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 92
- ROBERT GEORGE REYNOLDSSpecialist Four · June 11, 1967
- THOMAS FREDERICK RIGGSChief Warrant Officer 3 · June 11, 1967
- FRANKLIN JOHN SUMICHSpecialist Five · June 11, 1967
- RALPH EDWARD UHLMANSIEKStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1967
From Everett
- PAUL HERBERT EKLUNDSecond Lieutenant · November 19, 1965
- PATRICK MICHAEL DOYLELance Corporal · March 25, 1966
- BILLIE DWAINE LANDERSStaff Sergeant · September 17, 1966
- ROBERT LAYMON ARMITAGEPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- RONALD DAVID HARTSpecialist Four · February 17, 1967
- JOE PAUL LARSENPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- EDWARD JOHN WAGNER JRSergeant · May 19, 1967
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL DAWSONSpecialist Four · July 21, 1967
- RICKY PALMER MATTERNWarrant Officer 1 · September 3, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANK PELTONCorporal · September 10, 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.