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ROBERT LEON PEARSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 13, 1950 – February 25, 1970
Service recordRobert Leon Pearson, of Porterville, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 13, 1950
- Home of record
- Porterville, California (Tulare County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 54
- ROBERT BOYD MOSSGROVESpecialist Four · February 25, 1970
- GEORGE ALFRED ODIORNECorporal · February 25, 1970
- JEFFRY RANDAL RIEKFirst Lieutenant · February 25, 1970
- JOE LEWIS RIVERACorporal · February 25, 1970
From Porterville
- RODNEY BALAAM CARTERCommander · October 26, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD WATSONChief Warrant Officer 3 · February 25, 1967
- WAYNE DOUGLAS WAGNERPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- CLIFFORD ALAN JONESPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- RONNIE LOUIS PHELPSPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- GEORGE HAROLD WINKEMPLECKPrivate First Class · October 10, 1967
- EDDIE D TURNERCorporal · October 23, 1967
- PATRICK ALBERT HIGGINSCorporal · May 10, 1968
- RONALD DAVID SHOCKLEYAirman Apprentice · August 24, 1968
- LARRY GENE HIGGINBOTHAMSpecialist Four · March 1, 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.