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RICHARD SHARON POHL
Colonel · U.S. Army
December 15, 1925 – June 24, 1968
Service recordRichard Sharon Pohl, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 30
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
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Fa Unit Commander (71193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 15, 1925
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1968
- Age
- 42
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1968; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 30
- CHARLES C PEDRICK IICorporal · June 24, 1968
- JESUS RAMON PEREZPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
- BOBBY RAY PORCHIASpecialist Four · June 24, 1968
- MICHAEL GUY THOMPSONCorporal · June 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EDWARD BADERSpecialist Five · Panel 55W, Line 25
- LEROY JACK BROWNINGSergeant Major · Panel 55W, Line 26
- ANDREW ALPHONSO LANGCorporal · Panel 55W, Line 29
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
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.