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DONALD MAURICE POKE
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 28, 1950 – May 14, 1971
Service recordDonald Maurice Poke, of Kansas City, Kansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 35
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Kansas (Wyandotte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1971; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 35
- ALLEN DEAN SCOGGINStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1971
- HOWARD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 14, 1971
- STEVEN CRAIG BURNSPrivate First Class · May 15, 1971
- LAWRENCE RUSSELL DANCESergeant · May 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JEFFREY LANCE COOPERCorporal · Panel 3W, Line 34
- ROBERT BRUCE DEWINESergeant · Panel 3W, Line 34
- EDWARD FRANCIS HEASLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 34
- ALLEN DEAN SCOGGINStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 35
From Kansas City
- KENNETH LEE SORENSENPrivate First Class · December 4, 1965
- JACK SHIVELY SWENDERLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- JOHN MARK TIDERMANLieutenant Commander · March 21, 1966
- JAMES IRA COURTNEYStaff Sergeant · June 8, 1966
- FELIX PACHECOPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOOREPrivate First Class · September 6, 1966
- LAWRENCE R COSTELLOSergeant · November 1, 1966
- EMMETT RAY DAVISPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- LEE EDWARD REUKAUFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ROGER RALPH WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · March 3, 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.