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JOHN RAYMOND POE
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
February 12, 1939 – August 4, 1970
Service recordJohn Raymond Poe, of Laurel, Maryland, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 4, 1970, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 83
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url No Warfare Specialty (1100)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- February 12, 1939
- Home of record
- Laurel, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 4, 1970
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 4, 1970; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 83
- RONALD PATRICK MCNEILLSergeant · August 4, 1970
- JESSE LEE MOSESSpecialist Four · August 4, 1970
- HOLLIS COLEMAN SANFORD JRCorporal · August 4, 1970
- OVELL SPRUILLPrivate · August 4, 1970
From Laurel
- JAMES BRUCE OKANELance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- STEVEN ROSS SHERMANPrivate First Class · July 26, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH CHASELance Corporal · June 7, 1967
- FRANCIS GARFIELD GRAYSpecialist Four · April 20, 1968
- ALVAH WORRELL HENSON JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1968
- SAMUEL LOUIS WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · July 5, 1969
- LEONARD MORGANSpecialist Four · May 31, 1970
- JAMES LOSPINUSOStaff Sergeant · January 10, 1972
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.