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JERRY LYNN POE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 17, 1947 – September 15, 1968
Service recordJerry Lynn Poe, of Dalton, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 15, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 66
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Dalton, Georgia (Whitfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1968; six of them were lost in Long An Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 66
- HAROLD ONEAL JRLance Corporal · September 15, 1968
- STANLEY RUSSELL PETTITCorporal · September 15, 1968
- PETER BERNARD RICHFirst Lieutenant · September 15, 1968
- EDDIE LEE RILEYPrivate First Class · September 15, 1968
- JOAQUIN ROBLESCorporal · September 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES DOUGLAS ARNETTPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 61
- JUAN RAMON FELIX-TORRESSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 62
- DAVID ALLEN FORSYTHESpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 63
- ROBERT HERALDPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 64
- ETHER ARNOLD TINKUMPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 67
- THOMAS MEAKIN WHELIHANSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 1
From Dalton
- MICHAEL CLAY NATIONSSergeant · September 17, 1966
- KENNETH WAYNE OGLESSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- KENNETH IAN FINKELCorporal · September 20, 1967
- LAWRENCE BUFORD FLOWERSFirst Lieutenant · October 1, 1967
- CHARLES EVAN BEAVERSLance Corporal · October 16, 1967
- WILLIAM LAMAR DWIGHTLance Corporal · December 2, 1967
- DONALD FREDRICK PARKERLance Corporal · January 20, 1968
- KENNETH JERRY WILLIAMSSergeant · February 2, 1968
- CHARLES WILLIAM CLINESpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- GARY ROBERT CRUSESpecialist Four · August 18, 1968
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.