The Wall › Panel 4E › New York › Floyd William Pohl
FLOYD WILLIAM POHL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 27, 1942 – January 13, 1966
Service recordFloyd William Pohl, of Stillwater, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 71
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 27, 1942
- Home of record
- Stillwater, New York (Saratoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 71
- JOHN WESLEY LEWIS JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1966
- ROBERT NEAL MIDDLEBROOKSCaptain · January 13, 1966
- J V PATRICKPrivate First Class · January 13, 1966
- HERMAN HIRAM RITCHIECaptain · January 13, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DORRIS ALBERT IVEYSergeant First Class · Panel 4E, Line 70
From Stillwater
- JOHN COWIE BECHARDPrivate First Class · October 4, 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.