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WILLIAM CLAUDE POOLE
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 21, 1928 – March 6, 1967
Service recordWilliam Claude Poole, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · 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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 21, 1928
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1967
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1967; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 30
- JIMMIE CARTER MARTINPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- DAVID GEORGE OUELLETSeaman · March 6, 1967
- STEPHEN GRADY PECKSpecialist Four · March 6, 1967
- VIRGUS FREDRICK RAMSEY JRPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WALTER ROGERS BLALOCKSergeant · Panel 16E, Line 26
- LYNN MICHAEL FERGUSONPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 27
- STEPHEN GRADY PECKSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 30
- HARRY EDWARD TAYLORPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 32
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.