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JOHN ROBERT POFF
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 2, 1950 – February 3, 1969
Service recordJohn Robert Poff, of Waukesha, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 3, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 51
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Waukesha, Wisconsin (Waukesha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1969; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 51
- JON SIDNEY RASMUSSENPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
- JOHN RAYMOND REBITSSergeant · February 3, 1969
- ROBERT EUGENE SHERLOCKLance Corporal · February 3, 1969
- JAMES EARL SKIPPERSpecialist Four · February 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GLEN LAWRENCE ATKINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 46
- ISIAH BARNES JRCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 46
- MICHAEL OLIVER CASSIDYSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 47
From Waukesha
- JAMES PETER HARTEAUPrivate First Class · April 6, 1966
- DONALD GLEN DINGELDEINPrivate First Class · September 14, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH FRISCHMANNLance Corporal · February 1, 1967
- OTTO ROBERT ENSSLINCorporal · April 22, 1967
- JOHN D MORRISStaff Sergeant · December 25, 1967
- ROBERT LEE WEEDENLance Corporal · May 2, 1968
- AARON LEE WOODPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- DENNIS LEE MCCORMICKPrivate First Class · August 19, 1968
- CORNELIS A VANDERSTERRENCorporal · September 13, 1968
- WALTER CLAY BOOTHCaptain · March 26, 1969
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.