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WILLIAM THORNTON POCHER
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 6, 1949 – July 29, 1969
Service recordWilliam Thornton Pocher, of Fernandina Beach, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 75
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Fernandina Beach, Florida (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 75
- DAVID EUGENE BRAMSENPrivate First Class · July 30, 1969
- JERRY DALE CANTRELLPrivate First Class · July 30, 1969
- TERRY LEE DALLAPESpecialist Four · July 30, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD GASSERPrivate First Class · July 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD THOMAS BLAKESergeant · Panel 20W, Line 69
From Fernandina Beach
- EMANUEL FRANK DRUMMOND JRStaff Sergeant · September 23, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS FULFORDSergeant · May 19, 1967
- JAMES BERNARD MILLERPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- MICHAEL RAY RICEPrivate First Class · December 26, 1967
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.