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RODNEY SHAYNE PEARSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 14, 1949 – November 8, 1968
Service recordRodney Shayne Pearson, of Beaverton, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 8, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rough Terrain Forklift And Loader Operator (62M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 41 ENG CO 92 ENG BN 159 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- November 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Beaverton, Oregon (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1968; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 38
- MARVIN EUGENE LIVELYPrivate First Class · November 8, 1968
- MARK HAROLD PIETRZYKSpecialist Five · November 8, 1968
- THEODORE SMITHChief Petty Officer · November 8, 1968
- FLOYD ALBERT STINSONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1968
From Beaverton
- GERD FRANZ SEELIGSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN JANIGIANCorporal · September 21, 1967
- GARY ROBERT KORSMYERSpecialist Four · September 3, 1968
- TERRY LEE THOMPSONSpecialist Four · January 6, 1969
- JAMES ELMER MCWHORTERLance Corporal · August 22, 1969
- GARY GRANT LAMBWarrant Officer 1 · September 22, 1969
- THOMAS SHERRYSergeant · May 12, 1970
- RONALD JAMES HILLSpecialist Five · November 14, 1970
- SCOTT WILLIAM WAYTSpecialist Four · June 1, 1971
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.