Robert Leslie Pearcy

Private First Class
D CO, 3RD RECON BN, 3RD MARDIV
United States Marine Corps
20 January 1950 - 04 June 1969
Big Bear Lake, California
Panel 23W Line 067

3RD MARDIV

3RD RECON BN
Robert L Pearcy

Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for Robert Leslie Pearcy

08 Jan 2000

You�re in my heart, you�re in my thoughts.

I did go on, you would have wanted me to, you would be so proud of me. I have three wonderful children, two girls and a boy. My son is a United States Marine.

Bob, I will always love you!!

From the girl you left behind in Big Bear High School.
Debbie
dibass@charter.net

A Note from The Virtual Wall

On 02 June 1969 Recon Team "Flight Time" from D Company, 3rd Recon Battalion, was inserted on Hill 471 about a kilometer south of Khe Sanh. On the night of 03/04 June 1969 the team was attacked by an enemy force and requested both emergency extraction and immediate reinforcement. Communications with the team were lost at 0320. When the reactionary force arrived a little after 0400 they were too late ... the six members of "Flight Time" were dead. Five members of the team were in a small trench; the sixth, Cpl Buck, was approximately 10 meters further down the hillside. It was apparent from the state of the battle area that "Flight Time" had been overwhelmed in fierce hand-to-hand combat. The six team members were
  • 1stLt Michael M. O'Connor, Waterloo, IA
  • Cpl William A. Buck, Fayetteville, NC
  • Cpl William M. Wellman, New Carlisle, OH
  • LCpl Douglas W. Barnitz, Columbus, OH
  • Pfc Robert L. Pearcy, Big Bear Lake, CA
  • Pfc Harold A. Skaggs, Phoenix, AZ




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