THE 19TH INDIANA IRON BRIGADE WEBSITE IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF SERGEANT FIRST CLASS

 

PAUL MICHAEL PEARSON, GREAT GRANDSON OF ROBERT I. PATTERSON OF COMPANY E, 19TH INDIANA

 

INFANTRY. 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 CREER WAS SPENT OVERSEASE 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 HOSPTIAL HE OVERHEARD  A DOCTOR SAY THAT "HE WAS A FIGHTER". MIKE LATER SAID, "SO HE SAID

 

I'M A FIGHTER. WHAT DID HE EXPECT FROM A SOLDIER."

1ST ARMY

101ST AIRBORNE

DIVISION

1ST CAVALRY

DIVISION

8TH INFANTRY

DIVISION

1ST INFANTRY

DIVISION

193RD INFANTRY

BRIGADE

20TH IINANTRY

REGIMENT