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PETER PAUL POLAK
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
October 22, 1946 – February 21, 1969
Service recordPeter Paul Polak, of Cable, Wisconsin, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 72
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Cable, Wisconsin (Bayfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1969; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 72
- ISMAEL LAUREANO-LOPEZSpecialist Four · February 20, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM PENDERGRASSCorporal · February 21, 1969
- EDWARD DEAN POWERSPrivate First Class · February 21, 1969
- DALE EUGENE RAUBERSpecialist Four · February 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GROVER CLEVELAND BOWENPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 69
- HAROLD E CARTERSergeant First Class · Panel 32W, Line 70
- HARRY QUINCY ROSECaptain · Panel 32W, Line 73
- WILLIAM BLAKE SCOTTSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 73
- EVERETT NELSON WILSHERSpecialist Five · Panel 32W, Line 74
From Cable
- MELVIN WILLARD GUNDERSONPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
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.