Pearson, Al, MGySgt

Military Police

Service Photo

Service Details

Current Service Status
USMC Veteran

Current/Last Rank
Master Gunnery Sergeant

Current/Last Primary MOS
5811-Military Policeman

Current/Last MOSGroup
Military Police

Previously Held MOS
0311-Rifleman
0331-Machine Gunner
0341-Mortar Man
8511-Drill Instructor
0369-Infantry Unit Leader
5813-Accident Investigator

Primary Unit
1983-1986, 5811, H&S Bn, MCB Camp Butler, Okinawa

Service Years
1956 - 1986

Official/Unofficial USMC Certificates

Shellback Certificate

Suez Canal Certificate

Cold War Certificate

Great Lakes Certificate

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations

USMC East Coast Drill Instructors Association

Marine Corps Association and Foundation (MCA&F)


	1970, Fleet Reserve Association (FRA)
	1979, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
	1987, Marine Corps League, Detachment 816 (Vice Commander) (Okinawa, Japan)
	1991, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW), Post 9723, Okinawa (FPO, AP)
	2009, Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Chapter 10 (Executive Secretary) (El Paso, Texas)
	2010, American Legion, Post 79 (Paid Up For Life) (New Port Richey, Florida)
	2012, USMC East Coast Drill Instructors Association
	2012, Marine Corps Association and Foundation (MCA&F)

Additional Information

What are you doing now:

I am fully retired. I volunteer with visiting sick and confined hospital comrades. Assist widows and orphans of our departed comrades.

I was a 0311 during ITR. Afterwards I served as a 0331 Machine Gunner. In 1963 I was assigned to H&S Co 2/8, CLNC and become a 0341 81 Mortarman. I was assigned as a MP 5811/5813 from Jan71 to my 30 years were completed on 01 July 1986.

Other Comments:

I served my 1st 15 yrs as Infantry and my last 15 as Military Police Provost Sgt/Accident Investigator.

Remembrance Profiles - 5 Marines Remembered

Bray, Melvin, SgtMaj	Brinkley, John, MSgt
Husted, Thomas, Capt	Nelson, Jerry, MGySgt
Russell, John, GySgt, (1958-1979)

1957-1958, 0331, 2nd Bn, 9th Marines (2/9)

From Month/Year June / 1957	To Month/Year August / 1958
Unit 2nd Bn, 9th Marines (2/9) Unit Page
Rank Private	MOS 0331-Machine Gunner
Base, Station or City /Japan Jun57 Oct58/ Okinawa Oct57 to Aug58	State/Country Japan

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2nd Bn, 9th Marines (2/9) Details

1917 - 1937
Activated on November 20, 1917 at Quantico, Virginia.

Sent to Cuba to control Rebellion

Sent to Texas to protect oil shipments from Mexico

Disbanded April 25, 1919

Reactivated in 1925.

Assigned to train reserve Marines

Disbanded in 1937

1942 - 1945

Activated 1 April 1942 at Camp Elliott, San Diego, California, as the 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines and assigned to the 2nd Marine Division

Reassigned during August 1942 to Amphibious Corps, Pacific Fleet

Relocated during September 1942 to Camp Pendleton, California, and reassigned to the Advanced Echelon, 3rd Marine Division

Reassigned during November 1942 to the 3rd Marine Division

Deployed during January-February 1943 to Auckland, New Zealand

Redeployed during June-July 1943 to Guadalcanal

Participated in the following World War II Campaigns:

Bougainville
Northern Solomons
Guam
Iwo Jima

Relocated during November-December to Camp Pendleton, California

Deactivated 31 December 1945

2nd Battalion - 9th Marines

1952 - 1965

Reactivated 9 April 1952 at Camp Pendleton, California, and assigned to the 3rd Marine Division

Deployed during August 1953 to Camp Gifu, Japan

Redeployed during June 1954 to Camp Sakai, Japan

Redeployed during July 1955 to Camp Kawasaki, Okinawa

Redeployed during September 1955 to Camp Napunja, Okinawa

Redeployed during January 1956 to Camp Sukiran, Okinawa

Redeployed during March-April 1957 to Camp Fuji, Japan

Redeployed during October 1957 to Camp Hauge, Okinawa

Redeployed during February 1958 to Camp Kinser, Okinawa

Participated in the Battalion Transplacement System between the 1st Marine Division and the 3rd Marine Division during June 1959 to December 1960

Deployed at various times between 1960-1965 as the Battalion Landing Team of the Seventh Fleet

2nd Battalion - 9th Marines

1965 -1990

Redeployed during July 1965 to Da Nang, Republic of Vietnam

Participated in the war in Vietnam, July 1965 - August 1969 , operating from:

Da Nang	Than Cam Son
Hue/Phu Bai	Ca Lu
Dong Ha	Quang Tri
Camp Carrol	Cua Viet
Cam Lo	Con Thien
Vandergift Combat Base

Redeployed during August 1969 to Camp Schwab, Okinawa, and assigned to the 9th Marine Amphibious Brigade

Reassigned during November 1969 to the 3rd Marine Division

Deployed at various times between 1969 - 1971 as the Battalion Landing Team of the Seventh Fleet

Participated in the Typhoon Relief Operations in the Philippines during October 1970

Elements of the Battalion Participated in the Mayaguez Operation, May 1975

Relocated during October 1978 to Camp Hansen, Okinawa

2nd Battalion - 9th Marines

1991 - 2009

Participated in Operation Fiery Vigil, Philippines, June 1991

Participated in Operation Desert Storm, Persian Gulf, September 1991

Participated in Operation Restore Hope, Somalia, December 1992 - February 1993

Deactivated 9 September 1994

Reactivated 13 July 2007 at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and assigned to 6th Marines, 2nd Marine Division

Participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq, September 2008-April 2009

Participated in Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan, 2010-2013

Deactivated 01 April 2015.

Type
Infantry

Parent Unit
Infantry Units

Strength
USMC Battalion

Created/Owned By
Not Specified

Last Updated: Jun 14, 2014

Memories For This Unit
Best Friends Great Marine Brothers!	Other Memories Lee Trevino was in our Light Machine Gun Platoon. Lee "Buck" Trevino to become a Great Pro Golfer.

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21 Members Also There at Same Time

2nd Bn, 9th Marines (2/9)

Young, Gabe, Sgt, (1955-1959)	3	0331	Corporal
Rodriguez, Antonio, GySgt, (1955-1976)	3	0331	Private 1st Class
Sutter, Rudoph, LtCol, (1944-1957)	3	0302	Captain
Lawson, Earl, GySgt, (1956-1976)	3	0369	Gunnery Sergeant
Shimabukuro, Kenyu, GySgt, (1952-1968)	3	0311	Sergeant
Apodaca, Anthony, Cpl, (1958-1963)	3	0311	Corporal
Heider, Randall, Sgt, (1955-1959)	3	0341	Corporal
Cook, Michael, LCpl, (1957-1961)	3	0352	Lance Corporal
Gurath, Daniel, PFC, (1958-1960)	3	0311	Lance Corporal
Lazar, Joseph, LCpl, (1958-1961)	3	0311	Lance Corporal
Lazar, Joseph, LCpl, (1958-1961)	3	0311	Lance Corporal
Kline, Gerald, Cpl, (1957-1963)	3	0311	Private 1st Class
Locke, Norman E., LCpl, (1957-1962)	3	0351	Private 1st Class
Reidy, Martin, PFC, (1956-1958)	3	0311	Private 1st Class
Stoppa, Frank, PFC, (1956-1959)	3	0300	Private 1st Class
Depaepe, Frank R, Cpl, (1955-1959)	3		Private
Welch, Max, Sgt, (1953-1961)	25	2531	Sergeant
Arango, Phillip, LCpl, (1955-1963)	58	5811	Lance Corporal
Callies, Jack, PFC, (1956-1958)	25	2531	Private 1st Class
Schopf, Wilbur Roger, SSgt, (1956-1971)	11	1100	Private 1st Class
Quiocho, Albert, 1stSgt, (1955-1975)	3		Corporal
Bowyer, Bernard, Capt, (1949-1970)	1		Staff Sergeant