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ROBERT VERNER PEARSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 27, 1946 – April 7, 1967
Service recordRobert Verner Pearson, of Rockford, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 118
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Rockford, Illinois (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1967; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 118
- ROBERT ANDREW ONEILSpecialist Five · April 7, 1967
- CIPRIANO J PANTOJA JRPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- JOHN RAY RHODEHAMEL IIPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- GERALD W WILSONSpecialist Five · April 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS JEROME LESTONPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 117
- DONALD GENE MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 117
- LEROY GERALD MITCHELLSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 117
- PATRICK JOHN TRODDENPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 119
From Rockford
- LARRY DEAN BELLCorporal · November 10, 1965
- THOMAS DUANE GLAWEPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- A W TRIPPLETTPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- RODERICK JAMES RODENBECKPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- J L LYLESCorporal · February 16, 1967
- MELVIN BALLARDSergeant · March 11, 1967
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- NOTLEY GWYNN MADDOXColonel · May 20, 1967
- LARRY WILLIAM KNIGHTHospitalman · June 1, 1967
- CURTIS LEE DUCKETTPrivate First Class · June 23, 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.