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JOSE YBARRA POLANCO JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 9, 1948 – September 15, 1969
Service recordJose Ybarra Polanco JR, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 15, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 90
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Communications Center Specialist (72B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- April 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 90
- DAVEY ALAN LIEURANCECorporal · September 15, 1969
- PATRICK ONEAL MORIARTYPrivate First Class · September 15, 1969
- JOHN FLOYD PETTIGREWSpecialist Four · September 15, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH WALKERSergeant · September 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD RICHARD KREGELOHSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 89
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 1966
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.