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ROBERT JOSEPH POLNIAK
Captain · U.S. Army
May 9, 1946 – November 29, 1970
Service recordRobert Joseph Polniak, of Buffalo, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on November 29, 1970, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 95
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Transportation Movements Officer (0694)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- May 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Buffalo, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1970; 29 of them were lost in Ninh Thuan Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 95
- JOSEPH ARTHUR JACQUESPrivate First Class · November 29, 1970
- ROBERT DEAN SCHNEIDERSpecialist Five · November 29, 1970
- BOBBY DAREL SEAYSenior Master Sergeant · November 29, 1970
- DONALD ANTHONY SLATESpecialist Four · November 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JACK RONALD GIBBSSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 90
- RAYMOND HENRY GRAYSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 91
- LEE ROY EDWARD LINTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 6W, Line 93
From Buffalo
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- KENNETH DAVID STANKIEWICZLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- HENRY JOHN PAWLICK JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1965
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- WILBUR CURRY JRStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES DOSTERCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MICHAEL KELLY MCGUIREAirman · February 16, 1966
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.