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NEAL GEORGE BOLLINGER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 11, 1947 – September 17, 1968
Service recordNeal George Bollinger, of Palmerton, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 12
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 39 WNG BN USARV
- Born
- November 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Palmerton, Pennsylvania (Carbon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 12
- SAMUEL EDWARD BRYANTPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- ROBERT ALLEN BURKESergeant · September 17, 1968
- RICHARD ALAN CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- JAMES RUSSELL COATESSpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
From Palmerton
- CLIFFORD LLOYD SELLPrivate First Class · April 19, 1968
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.