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JERRY WAYNE POFF
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 30, 1948 – July 3, 1969
Service recordJerry Wayne Poff, of De Land, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 53
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 30, 1948
- Home of record
- De Land, Florida (Volusia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1969; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 53
- RICHARD JOHN KEYSpecialist Four · July 3, 1969
- DONNIE LUSTER KINGPrivate First Class · July 3, 1969
- ROBERT EARL KINGPrivate First Class · July 3, 1969
- RONALD EUGENE KNIGHTPrivate First Class · July 3, 1969
- FRANK LOUIS KOBORSergeant · July 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PHILLIP THOMAS IVESSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 51
- STEPHEN CARL HARRELLSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 52
- FRANK LOUIS KOBORSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 53
From De Land
- CEASAR BRYANTSergeant · December 17, 1966
- MALCOLM GEOFFREY MOLEPetty Officer Third Class · January 21, 1968
- WILLIAM LEO BROWNStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1968
- ROBERT WAYNE FIELDSCaptain · March 26, 1969
- WARREN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 22, 1969
- JOHN HOOPER V HATHAWAYCaptain · October 11, 1969
- GEORGE ALFRED BIRDWELLSpecialist Four · May 25, 1970
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.