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STEVEN MELVIN POE
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
February 9, 1947 – August 20, 1969
Service recordSteven Melvin Poe, of Marion, Indiana, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 20, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 81
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- February 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Marion, Indiana (Grant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 81
- RANDALL ISAAC-JED ORTIZLance Corporal · August 20, 1969
- JOSEPH JOHN PAPARELLOPrivate First Class · August 20, 1969
- CLYDE EDWARD PHIFER JRPrivate First Class · August 20, 1969
- MAXIE DEAN REGISTERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1969
From Marion
- JOSEPH DONALD GUERREROSpecialist Four · February 6, 1966
- THOMAS JEFFERSON FEARSCorporal · March 2, 1966
- MARVIN EDWARD GLASSBURNSergeant · March 21, 1966
- DAVID AMOS SCOTTSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- DAVID LEE DIXONStaff Sergeant · June 2, 1967
- TERRY VIRGIL LEACHPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- DONALD EARL CUTLERPrivate First Class · September 3, 1967
- CARL DINGUSCorporal · February 3, 1968
- LARRY JO GOSSPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1968
- TERRY LEE WEAVERPrivate First Class · March 2, 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.