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A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter.
A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter. Photo: SP4 James B. Egan, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Jack William Pomeroy.

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JACK WILLIAM POMEROY

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

October 13, 1947 – November 25, 1969

Service record

Jack William Pomeroy, of Edmore, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 25, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 16W · Line 122

Position of Panel 16W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Medical Specialist (91B)
Unit (as recorded)
25 INF DIV
Born
October 13, 1947
Home of record
Edmore, Michigan (Montcalm County)

Casualty

Date of death
November 25, 1969
Age
22
Province
Tay Ninh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

17 names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 16W, Line 122

Same unit, same day

From Edmore

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.