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JAMES ROBERT POGGEMEYER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 4, 1943 – July 31, 1967
Service recordJames Robert Poggemeyer, of Nebraska City, Nebraska, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 31, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 56
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 188 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 4, 1943
- Home of record
- Nebraska City, Nebraska (Otoe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “188 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 56
- ARNOLD OLAF NAKKERUDWarrant Officer 1 · July 31, 1967
- LEROY ONEALStaff Sergeant · July 31, 1967
- RONALD LYLE PACKARDCaptain · July 31, 1967
- RAYMOND ALLAN PETERSENPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH WAYNE BRYA ALLWOODSpecialist Five · Panel 24E, Line 53
- RODNEY OWEN DAVIEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 24E, Line 54
- DOUGLAS RAY NOELPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 55
- WAYNE G VANLANTSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 57
- ROBERT MICHAEL WALLACEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24E, Line 57
- PAUL EDWARD WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 58
From Nebraska City
- RONNIE GENE MOORESpecialist Four · July 18, 1968
- DEAN RICHARD LANGEChief Warrant Officer 3 · September 3, 1969
- DALE LEE DEWOLFSergeant · February 5, 1973
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.