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ROBIN ANDREW PEARCE
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
March 27, 1942 – March 16, 1970
Service recordRobin Andrew Pearce, of North Hollywood, California, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 16, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 8
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Born
- March 27, 1942
- Home of record
- North Hollywood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1970; 28 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 8
- AVERY MERRILL NYE IIICorporal · March 16, 1970
- JOSEPH ELISIO ORLANDI JRCorporal · March 16, 1970
- WAYNE DONALD PEAGLERSergeant · March 16, 1970
- CHARLES EDWARD PRESSLERLieutenant (junior grade) · March 16, 1970
From North Hollywood
- WILLIAM ALBERT REIDSpecialist Five · February 16, 1964
- JAMES IRVING PRATTPetty Officer First Class · February 25, 1965
- ROBIN ARTHUR RARIGPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- LLOYD TAYLOR RUGGEFirst Lieutenant · January 26, 1967
- EDWARD ROWAN REID JRPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- MICHAEL BRYAN GRIMESLance Corporal · March 22, 1967
- BRENT EUGENE MATHISStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- EDWARD MICHAEL CORNELLPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
- JAMES PAUL ARRAIZSergeant · July 29, 1967
- HUGH W CROSSStaff Sergeant · July 29, 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.