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.
Branch
Marine Corps Regular
Service Number 328549
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
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Individual Decorations
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Additional Service Details
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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.
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.
