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ROBERT LESLIE PEARCY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 20, 1950 – June 4, 1969
Service recordRobert Leslie Pearcy, of Big Bear Lake, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 4, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 67
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 20, 1950
- Home of record
- Big Bear Lake, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 67
- DAVID BORNE PLATTSpecialist Four · June 4, 1969
- DAVID RANDLE PORTERPrivate First Class · June 4, 1969
- ANDREW STEPHEN RAHILLYPrivate First Class · June 4, 1969
- STEPHEN LORD ROBERTSSpecialist Four · June 4, 1969
From Big Bear Lake
- LOUIS RIDINGSStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1966
- RAY EDWARD MORAN JRSpecialist Four · August 9, 1967
- DONALD NATHANIEL COOPERCorporal · February 28, 1968
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.