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HENRY CLARENCE POLZIN
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 16, 1950 – July 31, 1969
Service recordHenry Clarence Polzin, of New Ulm, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 31, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 16, 1950
- Home of record
- New Ulm, Minnesota (Brown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 81
- DENNIS PAUL NEALMajor · July 31, 1969
- RONALD ROBERT NILESFirst Lieutenant · July 31, 1969
- RANDY LEE OWENSFireman · July 31, 1969
- JOSEPH RENDONSergeant · July 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ALLEN HOFFMANCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 80
From New Ulm
- ALLAN ROY HOFFMANLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
- TIMOTHY EMMETT SULLIVANSergeant · April 18, 1970
- STEVEN CARL SEEMANWarrant Officer 1 · May 12, 1970
- RICKEY ALLAN SLANDERAirman First Class · February 23, 1971
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.