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POLLARD HUGH MERCER JR
Major · U.S. Air Force
June 30, 1932 – January 20, 1968
Service recordPollard Hugh Mercer JR, of Winnfield, Louisiana, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 20, 1968, in North Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 89
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 30, 1932
- Home of record
- Winnfield, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1968
- Age
- 35
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1968. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 34E, Line 89
- GEORGE ARTHUR LINKPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
- JOSE DEJESUS LOPEZCorporal · January 20, 1968
- LEO EDWARD MICHAUDPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
- CLARENCE E MITCHELL JRPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
From Winnfield
- FREDDIE MCWILLIAMSPrivate First Class · September 29, 1967
- GEORGE WASHINGTON NELSONStaff Sergeant · December 9, 1967
- VERNON MARTIN WALLACELance Corporal · August 26, 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.