Service Number -3169063

Enroute to France: Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists
Name: Ernest T Pearson
Departure Date: 31 Jul 1918
Departure Place: Newport News, VA
Address: 1906 Bainbridge St
Residence Place: Richmond, Virginia
Mother: Alice Pearson
Ship: Tenadores
Rank: Private
Service Number: 3169063
Notes: 29th Provisional Company July infantry Replacement Draft White

Company L, Fourth Platoon

- Company L Morning Report 4 October 1918: Assigned to 132nd Infantry, per D.S.O No. 239, Para. 11, dated Oct 2, 1918. Assigned to Company L, 2 October per Verbal Order Commanding Officer (VOCO).

- Company Roster November 1918 A.E.F.: Listed as Private. - Company Roster December 1918 A.E.F. Junglinster, Luxembourg: Listed as Private. - Company Roster January 1919 A.E.F. Gonderange, Luxembourg: Listed as Private. - Company Roster February 1919 A.E.F. Gonderange, Luxembourg: Listed as Private. - Company Roster March 1919 A.E.F. Gonderange, Luxembourg: Listed as Private. - Company Roster April 1919 A.E.F.: Listed as Private.

- Gassed while in service: Obituary (see below)

WWI Victory Medal with battle Clasps

Purple Heart - Obituary -

United States, Veterans Administration Master Index (See above)
Name: Ernest Thomas Pearson
Event Type: Military Service
S/N 3169063
Private, Company L 132nd Infantry
Enlisted: 27 May 1918
Event Date: 25 May 1919 Discharged
Event Place: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Residence Place: 615 W. 20 Street, Richmond, Virginia
Birth Date: 7 Feb 1892

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Post War Occupations / Bio:

the 1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Earnest T Pearson
Age: 27
Birth Year: abt 1893
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1920: Richmond Madison Ward, Richmond (Independent City), Virginia
Street: Bambridge Street
Residence Date: 1920
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Name: Martha A Pearson
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Carpenter
Industry: House
Employment Field: Wage or Salary
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members: Name Age
Martha A Pearson 62
Arthur C Pearson 31
Earnest T Pearson 27
Raymond L Pearson 24
Clarence L Pearson 20
Mack Waddell 37

Death Information: Date; Age; Cause; Burial Location 

Find A Grave:
Name: Ernest Thomas Pearson
Birth Date: 7 Feb 1892
Birth Place: Richmond City, Virginia
Death Date: 3 Jun 1922
Death Place: Chesterfield County, Virginia
Cemetery: Maury Cemetery
Burial: Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia
Father: John Henry Pearson
Mother: Martha Alice Pearson
Ernest T. Pearson, 30, of Bainbridge Street in Richmond, was killed instantly when he was struck by an electric street car on the Richmond-Petersburg interurban line. He was a veteran of World War I and was gassed while in service. He was survived by his mother and five brothers. Funeral services were to be conducted Sunday, 4 Jun 1922, from the home, with interment in Maury Cemetery. [Sources: Death certificate and his obituary in the Richmond Times-Dispatch (VA); Sunday, 4 Jun 1922; page 6.]

Miscellaneous:

Find A Grave: Family Members
Parents:
John Henry Pearson 1854–1916
Martha Alice Fariss Pearson 1857–1942
Siblings:
Florence Alma Pearson Woolridge 1885–1911
Charley G Pearson 1887–1962
Arthur Cleveland Pearson 1888–1944
Raymond Lee Pearson 1895–1946
Clarence Linwood Pearson 1899–1978

Research in process