Career
Pearson"s home town was Nutley, New Jersey, despite his Connecticut birth. His combat assignment was to 23 Squadron, which was operating Spads. They re-equipped with Sopwith Dolphins, and Pearson started to score victories.
Pearson founded the J. West. Pearson Textile Company, from which he retired in 1960.
Upon his death in 1993, it was realized that Pearson was the last surviving American ace from.