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JAMES ROBERT POLLARD JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 2, 1949 – March 14, 1969
Service recordJames Robert Pollard JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 39
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1969; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 39
- WILLIAM LEROY MCFARLANDPrivate First Class · March 14, 1969
- JOEL LE ROY MILLERSergeant · March 14, 1969
- PHILLIP RANDALL PANNELLChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 14, 1969
- DAVID FRED POPPChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THEOPHILUS BOWLESSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 35
- HERMAN BATER HOSE JRSergeant First Class · Panel 29W, Line 37
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.