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BOB ELIA POGRE
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
February 21, 1945 – April 29, 1966
Service recordBob Elia Pogre, of San Francisco, California, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 29, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 11
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- February 21, 1945
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1966; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 11
- WILLIAM FRANCIS MULLENMajor · April 29, 1966
- LOUIS JOSEPH PELLIZZARIFirst Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- JOSEPH JOHN POLONKO JRCaptain · April 29, 1966
- WALTER LEE PUMPELLYSergeant · April 29, 1966
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.