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RICHARD ALAN POLLEY
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
March 28, 1948 – June 4, 1968
Service recordRichard Alan Polley, of Nelsonville, Ohio, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 4, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 11
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Nelsonville, Ohio (Athens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 11
- RANDALL MARK DAVISPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- WILLIAM SCOTT HARALSONPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- JAMES FREDERICK LEWISPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- JAMES DELTON MOFFETTCorporal · June 4, 1968
From Nelsonville
- ROBERT PAUL ONAILPrivate First Class · July 26, 1967
- DANNY JOE HUDDYLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- RICHARD ALAN ANDERSPrivate First Class · April 14, 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.