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MARK DURWOOD PONTIUS
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 28, 1949 – May 31, 1970
Service recordMark Durwood Pontius, of Coral, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 126
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Coral, Michigan (Montcalm County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 126
- THOMAS WILLIAM MORIARTYPrivate First Class · May 31, 1970
- ROBERT PHILLIP OBRIENPrivate · May 31, 1970
- HILARIO OCHOA PEREZPrivate First Class · May 31, 1970
- FRANK MICHAEL PERRY JRCorporal · May 31, 1970
From Coral
- DANN JOSEPH LOBKERSpecialist Four · April 4, 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.