Age 78, Lawton - Graveside service will be at 2:00 PM Friday at Post Cemetery, Fort Sill with Chaplain (CPT) Robert Boettcher officiating. Sgt Poirot died Monday in Lawton. Burial with full military honors will be under the direction of Becker Funeral Home. He was born October 24, 1930 in Belleville, Illinois. He married Arline Allgire on August 22, 1954 in Raton, New Mexico. Sgt Poirot retired from the Army after twenty two years of service. He was a prisoner of war in Korea for three years. Some of his POW experiences were included in the non-fiction book titled "Remember Prisoners of a Forgotten War" - an oral history of Korean War POWS by Lewis H. Carlson. He also served in Vietnam. His medals include the Air Medal, Army Commendation Medal (2d OLC), Vietnam Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal (4th award) and the POW Medal. Following his military career he worked for the Department of Public Safety, retiring after sixteen years. He had been a member of the DAV for over fifty years. Survivors include his wife, of the home, two children, Diane Phillips and her husband Stephen and David Poirot, all of Lawton, three granddaughters, Stacia Naquin Williams and her husband Spencer, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Talia Naquin, Jacksonville, Florida and Kamra Phillips, Lawton, a grandson, Kevin Poirot, Lawton, an adopted granddaughter, Nicole Besanceney Ernst and her husband Steve, Abilene, Texas a sister, Fern Pope, Chicago, Illinois and a special family member, Renate Besanceney Garrett, Lawton. He is preceded in death by his mother, Viola M. Stapf and a brother, Robert Poirot. Memorial contributions may be made to the Lawton/Fort Sill Veterans Center, PO Box 849, Lawton, OK 73501.