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GARY GLEN POOL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 10, 1949 – August 11, 1968
Service recordGary Glen Pool, of Provo, Utah, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 11, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 48
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Provo, Utah (Utah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1968; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 48
- WILLIAM ARTHUR JOYHospitalman · August 11, 1968
- JOHN CALVIN MILESCorporal · August 11, 1968
- HERMAN A MILLER IIPetty Officer Third Class · August 11, 1968
- THOMAS DENNIS NADEAUSpecialist Four · August 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM LOUIS DEBOSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 47
- ROBERT JAMES GILLESPIE JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 49W, Line 47
- JAMES HAROLD HILYARDPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 47
From Provo
- DON CHARLES WOODColonel · January 16, 1966
- KENNETH HYRUM BROWNPrivate First Class · June 25, 1967
- LYNN KESLER POWELLCaptain · August 21, 1967
- NIEL BURNS RIGGSPrivate First Class · September 29, 1967
- AARON FLOYD FERGUSONPrivate First Class · October 7, 1968
- STEVE RALPH LUKEPetty Officer Second Class · December 6, 1968
- MICHAEL GEORGE BROWNFirst Lieutenant · March 7, 1969
- MARK DEE VINCENTCorporal · January 9, 1970
- LARRY DUWAYNE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · July 22, 1970
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.