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WILLIAM RAULISON POLGLASE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 22, 1947 – January 8, 1969
Service recordWilliam Raulison Polglase, of Wethersfield, Connecticut, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 55
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Wethersfield, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 55
- DANA JAMES KAEBERLECorporal · January 8, 1969
- THOMAS B ORR JRCaptain · January 8, 1969
- JOHN ARTHUR RIVES JRPrivate First Class · January 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHADWICK MCFALL BARBERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35W, Line 53
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.