Thomas Eugene Pearson was born in Tellico Plain, Tennessee, the son of William Henderson Pearson and Neppie Christiann Raper.
He is buried Center Cemetery, Monroe Co., Tn
357 Inf, 90 Inf. Div.
The Knoxville Journal, September 18, 1948
The body of Private Thomas E. Pearson, 20, who was killed in action Nov. 26, 1944, at Schwerdorff, France, was returned home Friday. He was a member of Center Presbyterian Church. Survivors; parents. Mr. and Mrs. Henderson Pearson; four sisters, Mrs. Boyce Coppinger and Miss Lorene Pearson of Maryville; Mrs. John Frye and Miss Mary Pearson of Tellico Plains; four brothers, Woodrow, William, Joe and Frank, Tellico Plains. American Legion will have charge of military service at the grave. Interment church cemetery.
- Rank: Private First Class
- Date of birth: 24 June 1925
- Date of death: 26 November 1944
- County: Monroe
- Hometown: Tellico Plains
- Service Branch: Army/Army Air Forces
- Division/Assignment: 357th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division
- Theater: Europe
- Conflict: World War II
- Awards: Purple Heart
- Burial/Memorial Location: Center Cemetery, Tellico Plains, Monroe County, TN
- Location In Memorial: Pillar XVI, Top Panel
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