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WILLIAM ALFRED POLLARD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 27, 1947 – July 21, 1967
Service recordWilliam Alfred Pollard, of New Castle, Delaware, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 21, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 103
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 27, 1947
- Home of record
- New Castle, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1967; 22 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 103
- WILLIAM EDWARD MURFFLance Corporal · July 21, 1967
- HAROLD RICHARD NIELSENCorporal · July 21, 1967
- LE ROY CARL RADTKE JRPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- JOHN WILSON RIVERSHospitalman · July 21, 1967
From New Castle
- GEORGE FRANCIS PERRY IIISergeant · May 15, 1967
- PAUL F BRANYAN JRCorporal · December 10, 1967
- JEFFREY TYRONE CASSIDYSpecialist Four · March 10, 1969
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MURPHYSergeant · February 16, 1970
- FRANCIS XAVIER GAWORSKISpecialist Four · April 10, 1970
- JOSEPH STANLEY TIDWELLPrivate First Class · January 17, 1971
- GERALD FRANCIS AYRESMajor · June 18, 1972
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.