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WILLIAM THOMAS POSTON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 16, 1944 – November 28, 1967
Service recordWilliam Thomas Poston, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 28, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- 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 November 28, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 102
- JAMES BRANNON MEEKSpecialist Four · November 28, 1967
- DENNIS LEE MERRILLLance Corporal · November 28, 1967
- DARRELL H MOREYCorporal · November 28, 1967
- EDWARD REYNOLDS NAYLOR JRFirst Lieutenant · November 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS GLENN CARAWAYPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 100
- BILL EDGER GAULTSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 100
- JAMES BRANNON MEEKSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 102
- DARRELL H MOREYCorporal · Panel 30E, Line 102
- BENNIE ALLEN SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 1
- MINORU TANAKAStaff Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 1
- EDWARD FRANCIS ZACKOWSKISergeant · Panel 31E, Line 2
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 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.