Web Site Dedication

THE 19TH INDIANA IRON BRIGADE WEBSITE IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF SERGEANT FIRST CLASS

PAUL MICHAEL PEARSON, GREAT GRANDSON OF ROBERT I. PATTERSON OF COMPANY E, 19TH INDIANA

INFANTRY. MIKE PASSED AWAY 22 DECEMBER 2007. HE JOINED THE ARMY ON 18 FEBRUARY 1955 AND

SERVED HIS COUNTRY HONORABLY UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT ON 30TH NOVEMBER 1975. OVER HALF OF HIS

MILITARY CREER WAS SPENT OVERSEASE INCLUDING TIME IN BERLIN GERMANY AT THE WALL, KOREA,

THE PANAMA CANAL ZONE AND ONE YEAR OF COMBAT IN VIETNAM. DURING HIS LAST ILLNESS WHILE IN

THE HOSPTIAL HE OVERHEARD A DOCTOR SAY THAT "HE WAS A FIGHTER". MIKE LATER SAID, "SO HE SAID

I'M A FIGHTER. WHAT DID HE EXPECT FROM A SOLDIER."