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JOSEPH JOHN POLONKO JR
Captain · U.S. Army
July 24, 1939 – April 29, 1966
Service recordJoseph John Polonko JR, of Pluckemin, New Jersey, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- July 24, 1939
- Home of record
- Pluckemin, New Jersey (Somerset County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 11
- WILLIAM FRANCIS MULLENMajor · April 29, 1966
- LOUIS JOSEPH PELLIZZARIFirst Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- BOB ELIA POGREPetty Officer Second Class · April 29, 1966
- WALTER LEE PUMPELLYSergeant · April 29, 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.