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DEANE ALVA POMEROY
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
August 22, 1937 – May 30, 1964
Service recordDeane Alva Pomeroy, of Texarkana, Texas, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 53
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Born
- August 22, 1937
- Home of record
- Texarkana, Texas (Bowie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1964
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1964. In May 1964, 15 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 53
- JAMES CLETUS DYESeaman Recruit · May 29, 1964
- DOYD DEWAYNE ONEALMajor · May 31, 1964
- ARNOLD DEAN KNIFFINMajor · June 1, 1964
- RALPH GEORGE REDMONDFirst Lieutenant · June 4, 1964
From Texarkana
- RICHARD EDWARD STEELMajor · November 4, 1965
- RODNEY JOSEPH WILSONSpecialist Five · September 3, 1966
- ODDIE C HAILEYSergeant · June 23, 1967
- JAMES EUGENE LAIRDSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1968
- ELMORE ROBERT SIMPSONPlatoon Sergeant · March 28, 1968
- WAYNE LYNN HARLANDSergeant · May 1, 1968
- ISAAC LEE HENDERSONCorporal · July 22, 1968
- HOWARD LEE ELDERSergeant · July 8, 1970
- STEPHEN OWEN MUSSELMANLieutenant · September 10, 1972
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.