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JOHN RICHARD POSO
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 22, 1933 – February 8, 1968
Service recordJohn Richard Poso, of San Jose, California, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 37
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
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 22, 1933
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1968
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
114 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1968; 35 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 37
- SPENCER BYRD POWERS JRSecond Lieutenant · February 8, 1968
- WALTER RAYMOND PRATTPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- JESUS P RAMIREZMaster Sergeant · February 8, 1968
- FRANK RAMOS JRStaff Sergeant · February 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- AMOS HAYES BOUTWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 21
- ALBERTO CARRASQUILLO-DENTONSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 22
- FRANKLIN CLOVISPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 23
- RALPH ALBERT DAHMSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 24
- LANNY EARL HALESpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 29
- JOHN IRVINE HASELBAUERPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 29
- JAMES LEONARD LOPPSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 32
- DAVID LEE MCKINNEYSergeant · Panel 38E, Line 35
- JAMES EARL PARKERSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 36
- WALTER RAYMOND PRATTPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 37
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 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.