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ROBERT EDWIN POE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 17, 1946 – March 4, 1968
Service recordRobert Edwin Poe, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 4, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 70
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- October 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Chattanooga, Tennessee (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 70
- VERNON FRANKLIN PENDERGRASSPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- TERRELL LYNN RANDALLPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- ANTHONY ERICH REEDSergeant · March 4, 1968
- RONALD JAMES RHODESSergeant · March 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY ERNEST ALLENSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 60
- JAMES RICHARD DAVIDSONSergeant · Panel 42E, Line 62
- DAVID PETER GOLDSMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 64
- RAMON SANCHEZ HERNANDEZSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 65
- RONALD BRYNIEL JONSSONSergeant · Panel 42E, Line 67
- EDWARD MARTIN LENTZStaff Sergeant · Panel 42E, Line 68
- JOSE ENRIQUE TORRESSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 1
From Chattanooga
- JIMMY RICHARD GRIFFINSergeant · March 22, 1963
- GEORGE WILLIS MARTINSergeant First Class · October 11, 1964
- ARTHUR EUGENE NORMANAirman Second Class · January 16, 1965
- GLENN HOWELL KELLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- JAMES T GRAYSergeant · April 24, 1965
- VIRGIL KIRKLAND JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- KENNETH LEON STANCILChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- ELIJAH GOAR TOLLETT JRMajor · January 12, 1966
- RAPHNELL J MERONEYSergeant · January 29, 1966
- BILLY BROWN DAYPrivate · February 22, 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.