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WILLIAM ALFRED POLCHOW
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 5, 1944 – January 23, 1968
Service recordWilliam Alfred Polchow, of Port Washington, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 23, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 18
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 5, 1944
- Home of record
- Port Washington, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 18
- GERALD LEE RAMSDENLieutenant Commander · January 23, 1968
- ANGEL O RUIZPrivate First Class · January 23, 1968
- RUDOLF AUGUST SCHRADERSergeant · January 23, 1968
- JAMES CLINTON STRANOCorporal · January 23, 1968
From Port Washington
- ROBERT LOUIS ZWERLEINAirman · August 1, 1967
- DAVIS JAMES BOARDMANSecond Lieutenant · February 1, 1968
- RICHARD HAROLD FERGUSONCorporal · June 14, 1968
- ROBERT HENRY ALDRICHFirst Lieutenant · December 27, 1971
- FRANCIS A TRINCHITELLASpecialist Four · December 21, 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.