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WILLIAM OSCA POFFENBARGER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 22, 1949 – January 12, 1968
Service recordWilliam Osca Poffenbarger, of San Diego, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 12, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 35
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- April 22, 1949
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1968; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 35
- JAMES DERWIN COHRONSergeant First Class · January 12, 1968
- JACKY RAY COUCHPetty Officer Third Class · January 12, 1968
- LEE ROGER DANIELSONSergeant · January 12, 1968
- ROY WILLIAM EDWARDSPlatoon Sergeant · January 12, 1968
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
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.