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Robert Leland Pearcy

Corporal Robert L. Pearcy served with Battery A, First Battalion, 10th Marines.
He died in an accident offshore of Tutuila, Samoa, on 18 October 1942.

Created by potrace 1.16, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2019

Branch

Marine Corps Regular
Service Number 328549

Created by potrace 1.16, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2019

Current Status

Remains not recovered.

Pursuit Category

Due to circumstances of loss, this individual is considered permanently non-recoverable.

Capsule History

Pre-War Life

Birth

June 25, 1920
at Cainsville, MO

Parents

Claude Everett Pearcy
Edna Madge (Bower) Pearcy

Education

Gillespie High School (1939)

Occupation & Employer

Attendant
Shell service station

Service Life

Entered Service

November 27, 1941
at Chicago, IL

Home Of Record

321 North Grand West
Springfield, IL

Next Of Kin

Mother, Mrs. Madge Bower

Military Specialty

Artilleryman

Primary Unit

A/1/10th Marines

Campaigns Served

Individual Decorations

Additional Service Details

Loss And Burial

Circumstances Of Loss

Corporal Robert Pearcy served as an artilleryman with the 10th Marines. During the fall of 1942, his battery of 75mm pack howitzers was attached to the 8th Marines on garrison duty at Tutuila, Samoa.

On 18 October 1942, Pearcy drowned in Pago Pago harbor about 600 yards from the Feleti school. The circumstances of the incident are not known, but all attempts to rescue or recover the young NCO were unsuccessful.

Excerpt from the muster rolls of A/1/10th Marines, October 1942.
Burial Information or Disposition

Remains not recovered.

Next Of Kin Address

Address of mother, Mrs. Madge Bower.

Location Of Loss

Pearcy drowned in Pago Pago Harbor, Tutuila.

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