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JOSEPH BYRON POE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 7, 1947 – September 20, 1971
Service recordJoseph Byron Poe, of Prattsville, Arkansas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 22
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Prattsville, Arkansas (Grant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1971; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 22
- CHARLES HENRY GOLDBINPetty Officer Second Class · September 20, 1971
- LEAGRANT BADGETTStaff Sergeant · September 21, 1971
- RANDALL BRUCE BERNARDSpecialist Four · September 21, 1971
- DUDLEY FRANCIS BRADBERRYMaster Chief Petty Officer · September 21, 1971
From Prattsville
- JUNIOR BARNETT EARNESTPrivate First Class · December 6, 1968
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.