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GEORGE JOHN POLLIN
Major · U.S. Air Force
February 5, 1942 – April 29, 1967
Service recordGeorge John Pollin, of Lavallette, New Jersey, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on April 29, 1967, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 116
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115R)
- Born
- February 5, 1942
- Home of record
- Lavallette, New Jersey (Ocean County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 29, 1967
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 116
- CHARLES RUSSELL PETCHNICKPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- ANTHONY SANSEVERINOCorporal · April 29, 1967
- FELIX F SOTOLance Corporal · April 29, 1967
- MARK LANE STEPHENSENColonel · April 29, 1967
From Lavallette
- DONALD ALVAH SKINNERPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
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.