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TRIBUTE TO OUR MILITARY
Brice Pearson
Phoenix, Arizona
April 23, 2007
5th Squadron
73rd Cavalry Regiment
3rd Brigade Combat Team
82nd Airborne Division
Fort Bragg, North Carolina
DOD - April 26, 2007
The Department of Defense announced today the death of nine soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died Apr. 23 in As Sadah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near their location.
Killed were:
1st Lt. Kevin J. Gaspers, 26, of Hastings, Neb.
Staff Sgt. Kenneth E. Locker Jr., 28, of Wakefield, Neb.
Staff Sgt. William C. Moore, 27, of Benson, N.C.
Sgt. Randell T. Marshall, 22, of Fitzgerald, Ga.
Sgt. Brice A. Pearson, 32, of Phoenix, Az.
Sgt. Michael L. Vaughan, 20, of Otis, Ore.
Spc. Jerry R. King, 19, of Browersville, Ga.
Spc. Michael J. Rodriguez, 20, of Sanford, N.C.
Pfc. Garrett C. Knoll, 23, of Bad Axe, Mich.
All were assigned to the 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Brice A. Pearson
Sgt Brice A. Pearson 32, of Avondale, AZ died from wounds sustained when a bomb detonated outside a building he was occupying in As Sudah, Iraq on April 23, 2007.
Brice was born January 23,1975 to Leslie A. and Robert K. Pearson in Phoenix, Arizona. He is a 1993 graduate of Mingus High School and attended Arizona State University, majoring in English Literature. He joined the Army in March of 2004 and was proud to be a Calvary Scout with the 5th Squadron, 73rd Calvary Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team 82nd Airborne Division. His awards and decorations include the : Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, the Army Achievement Medal with one oak leaf cluster, The National Defense Service Medal, the Iraq Campaign Medal, The Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Humanitarian Service Medal, the Army Service Ribbon, The combat Badge, the Parachutist's Badge, and the Air Assault Badge.
Brice is survived by his parents, Robert and Beth Pearson of Avondale, and Leslie White of San Antonio, Texas; brothers Jeremy, Matthew, and Joshua Pearson, David and Andrew White; and sister, Amy Pearson.