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MICHAEL CHARLES POLISKI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 29, 1948 – August 18, 1968
Service recordMichael Charles Poliski, of Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 42
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 2 BN 60 INF 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Sault Ste Marie, Michigan (Chippewa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1968. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 42
- MICHAEL DUANE HAHNPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- MICHAEL DAVID HALECorporal · August 18, 1968
- HARRY DAVID HAMMPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- LLOYD HARMSPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- JAMES RALPH HEETERPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
From Sault Ste Marie
- HARRISON BRUCE BALLSergeant · September 18, 1967
- MILAN CHAUNCEY WYDRACorporal · January 3, 1968
- HARRY HENRY DESORMEAUXSergeant · May 17, 1968
- DENNIS ARTHUR WIRTSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- KENNETH EMERY VERRETTSpecialist Four · March 31, 1969
- RONALD REE SOMESSpecialist Four · May 3, 1969
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.