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MICHAEL JOHN POLL
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 12, 1939 – November 23, 1969
Service recordMichael John Poll, of Spring Lake, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 23, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 113
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 498 MED CO USARV
- Born
- October 12, 1939
- Home of record
- Spring Lake, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1969
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 16W, Line 113
- ROY MILES STILWELLWarrant Officer 1 · November 23, 1969
- ALFRED LEE TURNERStaff Sergeant · November 23, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH ADDUCISpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- HENRY GERHARDT ALLENPrivate First Class · November 24, 1969
From Spring Lake
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN FIELDSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- JOHN MATHAS JAMESLance Corporal · April 12, 1966
- ROGER THOMAS MACNUTTCorporal · November 6, 1966
- ROBERT LEE HENDERSONSergeant First Class · June 15, 1970
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.