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RICHARD ALLEN POMERINKE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 15, 1949 – July 30, 1970
Service recordRichard Allen Pomerinke, of Toppenish, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 30, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 70
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Toppenish, Washington (Yakima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 70
- VINCENT PINAULA MOREHAMCorporal · July 30, 1970
- LEE RAYMOND PETERSWarrant Officer 1 · July 30, 1970
- STEPHEN ABRAM RUSHINGSergeant · July 30, 1970
- CLYDE LEWIS TENSLEYSpecialist Four · July 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONALD EUGENE AUTENSergeant First Class · Panel 8W, Line 68
- JEROLD FRANKLINPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 69
- EDISON AMOS HARKINS IIICorporal · Panel 8W, Line 69
- DALE ERVIN SATHOFFStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 71
- EDWARD JAMES WHITTONPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 71
From Toppenish
- M D MCMICANLieutenant (junior grade) · June 2, 1965
- GEORGE ISAAC PADILLACorporal · January 15, 1967
- MERREL P WHITTINGTONSpecialist Four · November 20, 1967
- FRANKIE RAY JOHNSONPetty Officer Third Class · March 14, 1968
- STEPHEN A ELLENWOOD JRLance Corporal · August 23, 1968
- RUSSELL JAMES HEATHPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- DENNIS ALLEN HOLZHEIMERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1969
- TERRY DEAN MASONSeaman · September 5, 1969
- MICHAEL STEVEN GRYDERCorporal · February 18, 1970
- STEVEN SEBASTIAN CROSIERSpecialist Four · July 28, 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.