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MELVIN POOLE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 18, 1948 – July 14, 1968
Service recordMelvin Poole, of Glenwood, Georgia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 14, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 31
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Shore Party Specialist (1381)
- Born
- February 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Glenwood, Georgia (Wheeler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 31
- GREGORY RUSSELL RAYFIELDCorporal · July 14, 1968
- ALAN JOSEPH ROBINSONCorporal · July 14, 1968
- STEVEN CRAIG SANTYLance Corporal · July 14, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM SCHULZCorporal · July 14, 1968
From Glenwood
- ROGER LEE BONNER JRPrivate First Class · September 30, 1966
- DAWSON CLEMENTSSergeant First Class · October 3, 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.