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WILLIAM ROY PEARSON
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
April 18, 1951 – April 6, 1972
Service recordWilliam Roy Pearson, of Warner, New Hampshire, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 6, 1972, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 132
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 18, 1951
- Home of record
- Warner, New Hampshire (Merrimack County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1972
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1972; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1972, 106 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 132
- HOWARD BURDETTE LULL JRMaster Sergeant · April 7, 1972
- RICHARD DWAYNE MILTONTechnical Sergeant · April 7, 1972
- LARRY FLETCHER POTTSCaptain · April 7, 1972
- RICHARD SIMPSON SCHOTTLieutenant Colonel · April 7, 1972
- ROBERT ALAN STERNWarrant Officer 1 · April 7, 1972
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.