Staff Sergeant John W Pearson

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. 

Source

Service Personnel Not Recovered Following WWII from Alabama

Date

May 6, 1942

Contributor

Tuscaloosa Public Library

Type

Hyperlink

Identifier

2291

Coverage

Tuscaloosa (AL)