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MICHAEL LEE POLETTI
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 12, 1950 – September 10, 1968
Service recordMichael Lee Poletti, of Pocatello, Idaho, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 10, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 19
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
- Born
- February 12, 1950
- Home of record
- Pocatello, Idaho (Bannock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 19
- SAMUEL JOHN NUNNPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- MICHAEL J D PELCHWarrant Officer 1 · September 10, 1968
- JUAN PORRASPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- BERNIE ROSALES JRCorporal · September 10, 1968
From Pocatello
- GRANT LEROY CLARKCorporal · October 30, 1965
- MICHAEL LEE CROUSONPrivate First Class · December 10, 1966
- RONALD GRANT MOTTISHAWSergeant · February 16, 1967
- CURTIS RICHARD BOHLSCHEIDCaptain · June 11, 1967
- WILLIAM E LEMMONSMajor · June 18, 1967
- ROBERT WILBUR LARISONCorporal · November 1, 1967
- GARY VIRGIL FRAZIERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- MICHAEL FRANK GREENSpecialist Four · March 10, 1968
- DOUGLAS NOEL ROWECorporal · March 9, 1969
- WILLIAM WHITBY OLSENSergeant · May 23, 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.