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RUDOLPH PEARSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 13, 1943 – January 13, 1969
Service recordRudolph Pearson, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 13, 1943
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1969; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 84
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MACFARLANEPrivate First Class · January 13, 1969
- WILLIAM ALEXANDER MORRELLSergeant · January 13, 1969
- GLEN EVERETT ROUNTREEStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1969
- MICHAEL ROBERT SPANGLERSergeant · January 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL ROBERT SPANGLERSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 84
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.