David A. Poley

Philadelphia Memorial Panel: Panel 24

National Memorial Panel / Row: West 30 / 94

Date of Birth: 19-May-1946

Neighborhood: Lafayette Hill

High School: Roxborough High School

Street: Lantern Avenue

Branch of Service: Army

Rank: WO

Date of Casualty: 09-Mar-1969

Province of Casualty: Quang Tri

David Poley loved to fly. The 22-year-old chief warrant officer had survived two helicopter crashes in Vietnam before receiving fatal injuries in a third crash on March 9, 1969. Poley bad been assigned to Company B of the 101st Assault Helicopter Company, 101st Airborne Division. He was posthumously awarded the Silver Star. Poley was a 1964 graduate of Roxborough High School and had attended Maryville (Tenn) College for two years before enlisting in the Army. He was survived by his parents and a sister.