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PERRY LEE POOLE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 5, 1945 – October 16, 1966
Service recordPerry Lee Poole, of Helena, Arkansas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 16, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 80
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 5, 1945
- Home of record
- Helena, Arkansas (Phillips County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 16, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 16, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 80
- GEORGE EDWARD SWINNEYSpecialist Four · October 16, 1966
- JOHN CHARLES WILSONSergeant · October 16, 1966
- EDWARD EUGENE ANDERSONPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- HORTON SISLER COKER JRSpecialist Four · October 17, 1966
From Helena
- PRYOR L WHEATFirst Lieutenant · September 6, 1967
- CLARENCE ROBINSONCorporal · January 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.