The Wall › Panel 18W › Texas › Leslie Martin Pocs
LESLIE MARTIN POCS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 1, 1948 – September 14, 1969
Service recordLeslie Martin Pocs, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 14, 1969, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 85
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Chemical Supply And Parts Specialist (76B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- August 1, 1948
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1969; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 18W, Line 85
- LEONARD LEE POTTSSpecialist Four · September 14, 1969
- GALE STEWART PRITCHARDSpecialist Five · September 14, 1969
- CHARLES WILLIAM PROSE JRSergeant · September 14, 1969
- DANIEL P RATLEDGE JRSergeant · September 14, 1969
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 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.