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JOHN EARL POLING
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 13, 1938 – October 7, 1968
Service recordJohn Earl Poling, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 25
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- June 13, 1938
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1968; two of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 25
- JAMES RANDALL JONESSpecialist Four · October 7, 1968
- NATHANIEL KELLEYStaff Sergeant · October 7, 1968
- ROY ROBERT KOENIGCorporal · October 7, 1968
- JOSE L MONTESCorporal · October 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVIS EDWIN HARDYSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 24
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 1966
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.