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DANIEL ROBERTS POYNOR
Captain · U.S. Air Force
June 12, 1946 – December 19, 1971
Service recordDaniel Roberts Poynor, of Enid, Oklahoma, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 19, 1971, in Laos, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 89
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- June 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Enid, Oklahoma (Garfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1971. In December 1971, 64 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 2W, Line 89
- ANDREW HARRY MESHIGAUDStaff Sergeant · December 17, 1971
- PETER CHARLES FORAMEFirst Lieutenant · December 19, 1971
- THOMAS WILLIAM SKILESWarrant Officer 1 · December 19, 1971
- HERBERT RALPH STONEKINGSpecialist Five · December 19, 1971
From Enid
- JERRY DEAN TABERSpecialist Five · November 5, 1966
- GERALD RAY BURNSLance Corporal · November 8, 1966
- RODNEY L RIEGERCaptain · February 24, 1967
- TOMMY WAYNE HALEYPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- HARVEY LEE REMBERTLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- LESTER JAMES VEAZEYPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE SHIELDSLance Corporal · February 13, 1968
- ROBERT BENJAMIN HUDSONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1968
- BILLY RAY KIELYSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- HARLIN PERRY TREENMajor · August 12, 1968
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.