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VAN HARVEY PEARSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 19, 1946 – February 26, 1969
Service recordVan Harvey Pearson, of Newark, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 71
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Water Treatment Specialist (51N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 554 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- October 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Newark, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C CO 554 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 71
- JAMES EDWARD PALMERIPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- THOMAS VICTOR PILSONStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1969
- HENRY LEROY QUIGLEYSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
- RONALD LEEROY QUIGLEYPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- JOHN RANDY TENNANTSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HENRY LEROY QUIGLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 71
From Newark
- ROBERT CARL BOYDPrivate First Class · December 22, 1966
- MARTIN WALTER MORENOSpecialist Four · January 5, 1967
- JOSEPH LYNWOOD SHREVE JRFirst Lieutenant · May 1, 1968
- KENNETH ALBERT WEDMANSpecialist Five · September 12, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE SMITH JRSpecialist Five · December 20, 1968
- PAUL GEORGE TELLESPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
- RAUL ROY BARRERA JRSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- MARK JEFFERY MILLERPrivate First Class · January 26, 1973
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.