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THOMAS WYATT POORE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 3, 1946 – May 20, 1967
Service recordThomas Wyatt Poore, of Summerville, South Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 20, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Summerville, South Carolina (Dorchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1967; 41 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 66
- ROBERT ELGIN PAYNELance Corporal · May 20, 1967
- JOSH PETERSPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- CLARENCE WESLEY PILKENTONPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- EUGENE FREDERICK POELINGPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
From Summerville
- WILLIAM ELLIS JRStaff Sergeant · June 24, 1966
- HILBERT M SINGLETARY JRPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- GARY KENNETH ROBERTSLance Corporal · June 6, 1968
- JERRY TRUMAN DRIGGERSSergeant · March 30, 1969
- WILLIAM THOMAS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- LARRY VILLANUEVAPrivate First Class · January 5, 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.