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GERRY ALBIN POLEGA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 19, 1949 – February 13, 1969
Service recordGerry Albin Polega, of Kinde, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 29
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Kinde, Michigan (Huron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 29
- DONALD BENJAMIN SCHROEDERLieutenant Colonel · February 13, 1969
- WILLIAM REED STOCKSSergeant · February 13, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH TURNERSergeant · February 13, 1969
- LARRY GENE WHITEHEADCorporal · February 13, 1969
From Kinde
- OLIVER PIERCE DAMROWPetty Officer Third Class · July 11, 1967
- DONALD MICHAEL COOKCorporal · October 27, 1968
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.