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First Name: Richard

Last Name: Pohl

Birthplace: Washington, DC, USA

Gender: Male

Branch: Army (1784 - present)



Home of Record: Dayton, OH
Middle Name: Sharon



Date of Birth: 15 December 1925

Date of Death: 24 June 1968

Rank: Colonel

Years Served: 1946 - 1968 (22)
Richard Sharon Pohl

   
Graduate, U.S. Military Academy, Class of 1946

Engagements:
•  Korean War (1950 - 1953)
•  Vietnam War (1960 - 1973)

Biography:

Cullum # 15779. Commissioned as a 2LT in the Field Artillery Branch upon graduation on 4 June 1946.

Son of a USMA graduate. His father was USMA Class of August, 1917.

One of 336 graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point who died or are MIA in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. One of 6 men from the USMA Class of 1946 who made the ultimate sacrifice in Vietnam.



Honoree ID: 270956   Created by: MHOH

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