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JAMES WALKER POE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 12, 1946 – June 1, 1969
Service recordJames Walker Poe, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 39
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 39
- JAIME PADILLA-JORGECorporal · June 1, 1969
- DARRELL VERNON PECKPrivate First Class · June 1, 1969
- STEPHEN JOSEPH PEONIOSpecialist Four · June 1, 1969
- JOSE L SANCHEZSpecialist Four · June 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LARRY KIESTLERSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 37
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.