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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Thomas Leroy Pollard.

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THOMAS LEROY POLLARD

Major · U.S. Army

June 17, 1937 – August 19, 1968

Service record

Thomas Leroy Pollard, of Red Oak, Iowa, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 47W · Line 3

Position of Panel 47W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Major (MAJ)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Air Operations Officer (G3, S3) (2163)
Unit (as recorded)
HHC CORPS XXIV CORPS
Born
June 17, 1937
Home of record
Red Oak, Iowa (Montgomery County)

Casualty

Date of death
August 19, 1968
Age
31
Province
Thua Thien
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Died of Wounds
Circumstance
Unknown

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56 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1968; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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From Red Oak

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.