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GARY DON POLK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 13, 1948 – March 27, 1970
Service recordGary Don Polk, of Conway, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 27, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 49
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Conway, Arkansas (Faulkner County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 49
- NORMAN EARL LITTLECorporal · March 27, 1970
- CECIL EVERETT MCCLAINPrivate First Class · March 27, 1970
- JAMES RAY MITCHELLLance Corporal · March 27, 1970
- RALPH RICHARD QUICK JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ARNOLD GARZA GARZACorporal · Panel 12W, Line 48
- JOHN LEE HOUSEStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 48
From Conway
- JAMES LAWRENCE STONELance Corporal · August 22, 1966
- WALLACE LEE REATHER JRPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
- GERALD WAYNE FORTEPrivate First Class · May 3, 1969
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.