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RICHARD POLLARD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 29, 1949 – February 22, 1969
Service recordRichard Pollard, of New Sarpy, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 22, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 82
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 29, 1949
- Home of record
- New Sarpy, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 82
- DONALD ELMER PAXTONColonel · February 22, 1969
- WAYNE EDWARD PEARSONMajor · February 22, 1969
- DAVID JOHN PELLOSMALance Corporal · February 22, 1969
- JOSEPH HOWARD PIERCE JRSergeant · February 22, 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.