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WILLIAM ISAAC POLLARD
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 12, 1925 – December 4, 1967
Service recordWilliam Isaac Pollard, of Swedesboro, New Jersey, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1967, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 38
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 12, 1925
- Home of record
- Swedesboro, New Jersey (Gloucester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1967
- Age
- 42
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1967; six of them were lost in Kien Phong Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 38
- ELGAN LEROY MOOREStaff Sergeant · December 4, 1967
- JAMES LOUIS REAVESCorporal · December 4, 1967
- DONALD STEPHEN RIGGSCorporal · December 4, 1967
- RICHARD ARNOLD RUSSPrivate First Class · December 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DONALD RICHARD COTECorporal · Panel 31E, Line 33
- JOHN JUAREZSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 35
- DONALD WAYNE MILLERSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 36
- WILLIAM FRANCIS MOSELEYPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 37
- CHARLES GLENN SCHNEGGCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 37
- RICHARD ARNOLD RUSSPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 38
- ALVESTER LEE WINSTONSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 39
- BYRANT HENRY YOUNG JRCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 40
From Swedesboro
- DONALD LEE CORBINPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- ROBERT EDWARD MONAHONLance Corporal · May 28, 1967
- STEPHANO JAMES FIDUCIOSOPrivate · November 2, 1967
- DENNIS PHILIP MARTINPrivate First Class · February 22, 1970
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.