THE 19TH INDIANA IRON BRIGADE WEB SITE IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF
SERGEANT FIRST CLASS PAUL MICHAEL PEARSON, GREAT GRANDSON OF
CORPORAL ROBERT I. PATTERSON OF COMPANY E, 19TH INDIANA. MIKE
PASSED AWAY 22 DECEMBER 2007. HE JOINED THE ARMY ON 18 FEBRUARY
1955 AND SERVED HIS COUNTRY HONORABLY UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT ON
30TH NOVEMBER 1975. OVER HALF OF HIS MILITARY CAREER WAS SPENT
OVERSEAS INCLUDING TIME IN BERLIN GERMANY AT THE WALL, KOREA,
THE PANAMA CANAL ZONE AND ONE YEAR OF COMBAT IN VIETNAM. DURING
HIS LAST ILLNESS WHILE IN THE HOSPITAL HE OVERHEARD A DOCTOR TALKING.
HE MADE THE COMMENT THAT HE WAS A FIGHTER. MIKE LATER SAID, "SO HE
THINKS I'M A FIGHTER. WHAT DID HE EXPECT FROM A SOLDIER."
GODSPEED MIKE, YOU WILL BE MISSED BY ALL.
SERGEANT FIRST CLASS PAUL MICHAEL PEARSON, GREAT GRANDSON OF
CORPORAL ROBERT I. PATTERSON OF COMPANY E, 19TH INDIANA. MIKE
PASSED AWAY 22 DECEMBER 2007. HE JOINED THE ARMY ON 18 FEBRUARY
1955 AND SERVED HIS COUNTRY HONORABLY UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT ON
30TH NOVEMBER 1975. OVER HALF OF HIS MILITARY CAREER WAS SPENT
OVERSEAS INCLUDING TIME IN BERLIN GERMANY AT THE WALL, KOREA,
THE PANAMA CANAL ZONE AND ONE YEAR OF COMBAT IN VIETNAM. DURING
HIS LAST ILLNESS WHILE IN THE HOSPITAL HE OVERHEARD A DOCTOR TALKING.
HE MADE THE COMMENT THAT HE WAS A FIGHTER. MIKE LATER SAID, "SO HE
THINKS I'M A FIGHTER. WHAT DID HE EXPECT FROM A SOLDIER."
GODSPEED MIKE, YOU WILL BE MISSED BY ALL.
Sergeant First Class Paul Michael Pearson
United States Army
Service Dates 1955 - 1975
United States Army
Service Dates 1955 - 1975
101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION
1ST INFANTRY DIVISION
8TH INFANTTRY DIVISION
1ST CAVALRAY DIVISION
26TH INFANTRY REGIMENT
193RD INFANTRY BRIGADE
1ST ARMY