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LARRY STERL POLING
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 19, 1949 – October 20, 1969
Service recordLarry Sterl Poling, of Fargo, North Dakota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 20, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 98
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Fargo, North Dakota (Cass County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 98
- JOSE ESPIRIDION ORTIZPrivate First Class · October 20, 1969
- STANLEY DENNIS ROSSSpecialist Four · October 20, 1969
- MICHAEL RAY SAMPLESpecialist Four · October 20, 1969
- ARNOLD RAYMOND SCHUHPrivate First Class · October 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES VINCENT ALDREDSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 93
- JAMES IVORY COLEMANCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 94
- RICHARD JAMES COSTONPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 95
- ALBERT LEE DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 95
- MICHAEL ERWIN DAGNONSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 96
- CHARLES KENNETH EDWARDSCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 96
- MARTIN WILLIAM ESSARY JRSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 96
- JOSE ESPIRIDION ORTIZPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 98
- ALEXANDER VIGILSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 99
From Fargo
- JON ALFRED GREENLEYFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1966
- GERALD LEE LARSONSpecialist Five · February 5, 1967
- PAUL HARVEY WOLOSPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- STEPHEN JOHN EICHELBERGERLance Corporal · May 16, 1967
- MURRAY DEAN VIDLERPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- RONALD DALE BONDMajor · March 11, 1968
- DAVID JON NESSETFirst Lieutenant · April 19, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES GAFFANEY JRCorporal · July 13, 1968
- THOMAS JOHN BEYERMajor · July 30, 1968
- WENDELL RICHARD KELLERColonel · March 1, 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.