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GARY PAT POLLEY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 25, 1940 – October 19, 1967
Service recordGary Pat Polley, of Bellaire, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 19, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 41
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 25, 1940
- Home of record
- Bellaire, Ohio (Belmont County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1967; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 41
- RAYMOND ERVIN LONGLance Corporal · October 19, 1967
- FRED ERNEST MACGEARYFirst Lieutenant · October 19, 1967
- GERALD WAYNE MCMILLANLance Corporal · October 19, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS MCNAMARASpecialist Five · October 19, 1967
From Bellaire
- JAMES ARTHUR CHRISTYSpecialist Five · August 17, 1966
- JAMES DAVID SERENAPrivate First Class · February 4, 1968
- FRANCIS MARION MONROESergeant · November 22, 1969
- ANDREW MICHAEL SIMKOLieutenant Colonel · April 5, 1970
- GEORGE ROBERT KELLEYCorporal · July 22, 1970
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.