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WILLIAM GUY POOLE III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 6, 1947 – June 5, 1968
Service recordWilliam Guy Poole III, of Kingsport, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 18
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- October 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Kingsport, Tennessee (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 18
- KURT ERIC HACKERPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- KENNETH P HUTCHINSON JRLance Corporal · June 5, 1968
- EDGAR DALE JOYSergeant · June 5, 1968
- DAVID RICHARD KELLERLance Corporal · June 5, 1968
From Kingsport
- KARL ANTHONY BROWNPrivate First Class · March 29, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANK DYKESLance Corporal · October 29, 1967
- RANDALL DOUGLAS YEARYSecond Lieutenant · January 14, 1968
- WILLIAM JACKSON ROBERTSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
- ROBERT BERYL STAFFORDSergeant · January 31, 1968
- JAMES EDDIE REEDCaptain · February 1, 1968
- DOUGLAS BUREM WADESecond Lieutenant · February 9, 1968
- ROBERT GLEN PRICESecond Lieutenant · May 4, 1968
- JAMES LAFON TARTEFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1968
- WILLARD FRANKLIN MORELOCKStaff Sergeant · September 24, 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.