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Personal info

Full name
PEARSON, George G
Date of birth
4 June 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Ironwood, Gogebic County, Michigan
Hometown
Gogebic County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
16133037
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
334th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 15 69

Immediate family

Members
Fritz Pearson (father)
Anna Pearson (mother)
John E. Pearson (brother)
Carl Pearson (brother)
Mae E. Pearson (sister)
Jean A. Pearson (sister)
Robert Pearson (brother)
Willi D. (Ridling) Pearson (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Pearson graduated from Luther Wright High School in 1941 and Gogebic Junior College in 1943.

He enlisted on 17 June 1943. he was selected for the A.S.T.P. program, for which he was sent to Lehighgh University. When the program was disbanded, he was transferred to the infantry. He was sent overseas in September 1944.

He was married to Willi D. Ridling on 13 August 1944.

Source of information: Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, Ironwood Daily Globe - 22 January 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Susan Linton - Luther Wright High School in Ironwood 1941 Yearbook / www.newspapers.com - Ironwood Daily Globe - 16 February 1945