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HAROLD LAVEROL POOL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 13, 1947 – April 30, 1967
Service recordHarold Laverol Pool, of Town Creek, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 126
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Town Creek, Alabama (Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 126
- PETER RICHARD OMMENPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- FRANCIS MICHAEL PALMALance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- MARVIN PAULSON JRLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- FREDDIE RICHARD PITTSLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DONALD PETER LINDSLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 123
- JOHN THOMAS MIKRUTPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 124
From Town Creek
- HERMAN LEE COOPERSpecialist Four · October 8, 1966
- WILLIE FRANK GARNERSergeant · May 11, 1968
- CHARLES MINOR WOODALL JRSpecialist Four · January 25, 1969
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.