Ray Ervin Pearrow
Era: World War II
Military Branch: Army
Ray Ervin Pearrow served in World War II. He served in the U.S. Army beginning March 8, 1945.
He was assigned to Okinawa, Japan and Pusan, Korea for Occupational duties, with the 1778th Combat Engineers and the 1308th Engineer Regiment. He was honorably discharged from the service on May 30, 1946.
Mr. Pearrow held the rank of Private First Class.
Ray Pearrow was born in November of 1926 in Little Rock, AR. He is the son of Roy and Amanda Pearrow. He attended Little Rock Jr. High (8th Grade) and obtained his GED on October 11, 1977.
Source: Veterans’ Memorial Hall veteran history form; veteran’s account follows:
“I was in the troop ship General Omar Bradley, and as I remember any of my first overseas adventures was landing in Naha Harbor, Okinawa one evening and the next morning we were 3 days away at sea pushed that distance by a typhoon. After we returned to Okinawa, we had several rainy days awaiting orders to be shipped to Pusan, Korea as Occupational Forces. I was assigned to the 1778 Combat Engineers to the motor pool.”
