Title
Staff Sergeant John W Pearson
Subject
World War II
United States. Army Air Forces
Description
SSgt. John Pearson was killed on May 6, 1942, while serving with the United States Army Air Forces in the Pacific.
Sgt. Pearson's name can be found on this list of those remains were not recovered at the end of World War II: http://www.dpaa.mil/portals/85/Documents/WWIIAccounting/alabama.html.
According to the site below Sgt. Pearson's remains were recovered at the end of the war but it is unknown where he was eventually buried.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56777122/john-w-pearson.
Sgt. Pearson was the brother of Sgt. Ernest E. Pearson (#1407) who was killed in Italy August 11, 1943.
Sgt. Pearson's name can be found on this list of those remains were not recovered at the end of World War II: http://www.dpaa.mil/portals/85/Documents/WWIIAccounting/alabama.html.
According to the site below Sgt. Pearson's remains were recovered at the end of the war but it is unknown where he was eventually buried.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56777122/john-w-pearson.
Sgt. Pearson was the brother of Sgt. Ernest E. Pearson (#1407) who was killed in Italy August 11, 1943.
Source
Service Personnel Not Recovered Following WWII from Alabama
Date
May 6, 1942
Contributor
Tuscaloosa Public Library
Type
Hyperlink
Identifier
2291
Coverage
Tuscaloosa (AL)