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Personal info

Full name
PEARSON, Alfred
Date of birth
23 August 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Birkenhead, United Kingdom
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Military service

Service number
42124237
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
117th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 November 1944
Place of death
Kinzweiler - Sankt-Jöris, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 19 21

Immediate family

Members
Alfred J. Pearson (father)
Elizabeth (Hammer) Pearson (mother)
Ellen Pearson (sister)
Dorothy Pearson (sister)
Helen Pearson (wife)

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.oldhickory30th.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 census, http://bklyn.newspapers.com - The Brooklyn Daily Eagle -11 February 1945, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet