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THOMAS JOHN POOL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 10, 1947 – June 30, 1967
Service recordThomas John Pool, of Henderson, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 30, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 89
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Personnel Clerk (0121)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 1 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- February 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Henderson, Texas (Rusk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 89
- DALE ROY KOCHPrivate First Class · June 30, 1967
- LARRY DEE MCKINNONLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- NOEL STEVEN NELSONHospitalman · June 30, 1967
- BRUCE GORDON OCKEYPrivate First Class · June 30, 1967
From Henderson
- BOBBY JOE JACOBSPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
- ROY WILLIAM EDWARDSPlatoon Sergeant · January 12, 1968
- THOMAS LYNN FORSYTHEWarrant Officer 1 · December 21, 1969
- ERVIN LEE TUTTLESpecialist Four · March 2, 1970
- JOHNNY GORDON WILLIAMSONSergeant · April 24, 1971
- HENRY ELMER EVANSStaff Sergeant · December 23, 1971
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.