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MYRON JEROME POOCK
Captain · U.S. Army
May 21, 1943 – July 22, 1968
Service recordMyron Jerome Poock, of Sumner, Iowa, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on July 22, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 35
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Psychological Assistant (2239)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 21, 1943
- Home of record
- Sumner, Iowa (Bremer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 35
- GARY ANTONE MEYERSpecialist Four · July 22, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK MURPHYSpecialist Four · July 22, 1968
- STEVEN RICKY OLSONLance Corporal · July 22, 1968
- JACKIE RAY POLINGSergeant · July 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LESTER ELWOOD BOWMAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 29
- DONALD JOHN KRUSSOWPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 34
- LUTHER JULIAN ROSS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 36
From Sumner
- ALLEN JAMES AVERYPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- RICHARD JAMES MEIGHANSpecialist Four · March 17, 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.