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OTHA LENSEY POOLE
Captain · U.S. Army
July 8, 1944 – February 5, 1969
Service recordOtha Lensey Poole, of Hempstead, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 68
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
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 45 MED CO USARV
- Born
- July 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Hempstead, Texas (Waller County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1969; four of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “45 MED CO USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 68
- WILLIAM JACKIE PRYORCorporal · February 5, 1969
- RUSSELL EDWARD REINELCaptain · February 5, 1969
- JULIAN CABRAL RIVERAPrivate First Class · February 5, 1969
- DEWEY DOLEN RUIS JRSergeant · February 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM COLQUETH HIX JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 33W, Line 64
- GARY MORGAN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 64
- JAMES RONALD MCNISHSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 66
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.