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CHARLES PAUL POHLMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 21, 1945 – February 10, 1967
Service recordCharles Paul Pohlman, of Greenfield, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 15
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Greenfield, Illinois (Greene County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1967; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 107 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 15
- MERRIL ANDREW MCKILLIPSpecialist Four · February 10, 1967
- PAUL JOHN PERECKOLieutenant Colonel · February 10, 1967
- FRED CALVIN RUSSELLSergeant First Class · February 10, 1967
- CHARLES MICHAEL SWAIMPrivate First Class · February 10, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PETER BARBERACorporal · Panel 15E, Line 13
- MARK DELANE HOLTESpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 14
- OTIS LEWISPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 14
- MERRIL ANDREW MCKILLIPSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 15
From Greenfield
- BERT ELLIS BURTONPetty Officer First Class · February 27, 1969
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.