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CHARLES WINFRED POOL JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 30, 1948 – May 2, 1969
Service recordCharles Winfred Pool JR, of Newport News, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 2, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 101
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- June 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Newport News, Virginia (Newport News (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 101
- RENE MEDEGUARIPrivate First Class · May 2, 1969
- EARNEST DALE MENLEYSergeant · May 2, 1969
- WALTER JOSEPH MORRISStaff Sergeant · May 2, 1969
- DAVID FRANKLIN OSBORNEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1969
From Newport News
- ROBERT ALEXANDER WHITESpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ROBERT DECKER PERDUEPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- JOSEPH LUTHER ROBINSONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- FREDERICK ALBERT SLEMPLieutenant · February 24, 1966
- ROBERT LEE SMITH JRLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- CLEVELAND VINESCorporal · May 21, 1966
- DONALD ROBERTS ASHBY SRLieutenant Commander · January 19, 1967
- ALEXANDER VIDALESMaster Sergeant · February 22, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD MURRAYSergeant · March 4, 1967
- JAMES MILES BRANDON JRPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
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.