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ROBERT ELISH POLKINGHORNE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 25, 1946 – October 29, 1966
Service recordRobert Elish Polkinghorne, of Ishpeming, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 128
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Ishpeming, Michigan (Marquette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 29, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date October 29, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 128
- RAYMOND PEARL JRStaff Sergeant · October 29, 1966
- DAVID BURTON PEGGPrivate First Class · October 29, 1966
- THOMAS RESPRESSPrivate First Class · October 29, 1966
- ROBERT HENRY STEWARTStaff Sergeant · October 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ULISES ORTIZ-COLONPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 127
From Ishpeming
- EARL FRANCIS SEABLOMPrivate First Class · July 18, 1968
- PETER EDWARD ULRICKSONCorporal · July 9, 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.