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JOSEPH LOUIS POKERJIM
Private · U.S. Army
August 20, 1946 – October 12, 1967
Service recordJoseph Louis Pokerjim, of St Ignatius, Montana, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on October 12, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHB 1 BN 77 ARTY 1 CAV DIV
- Born
- August 20, 1946
- Home of record
- St Ignatius, Montana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 97
- THOMAS G DERRICKSON IILieutenant Colonel · October 12, 1967
- WILLIAM THOMAS PERKINS JRCorporal · October 12, 1967
- RICHARD VROMAN SMITHPetty Officer Third Class · October 12, 1967
- ROBERT MILTON WADEStaff Sergeant · October 12, 1967
From St Ignatius
- JEAN BAPTISTE INCASHOLAPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- GILBERT LEROY ZERBSTPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
- DALE FRANKLIN ROLLINSSergeant First Class · November 13, 1968
- CLARENCE FRANK BRISTOLSpecialist Four · August 12, 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.