Robert Lester Pearson, son of Mr. & Mrs. Robert Pearson of Leon, Iowa, was born September 29, 1925. He entered the service with the U.S. Army on February 29, 1944 and was stationed at Pine Camp in New York at the Army Experimental Station.
Source: Decatur County Women's Auxilary WWII Scrapbook; Submission by Decatur County Historical Museum, Leon IA, Sara Rose Joan LeFleur, June of 2016