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ALFRED EDGAR PLAEP JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 7, 1948 – February 23, 1968
Service recordAlfred Edgar Plaep JR, of Myrtle Point, Oregon, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Myrtle Point, Oregon (Coos County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 168 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Huế was under way. At Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Marines, soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions and South Vietnamese troops fought house to house for 26 days to retake the old imperial capital, the longest urban battle of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 1
- THOMAS HOWARD PETERMANCorporal · February 23, 1968
- WAYNE EDWARD PINGELSpecialist Four · February 23, 1968
- JAMES S STRICKLAND JRSpecialist Four · February 23, 1968
- JAMES CALVIN THOMASONSpecialist Four · February 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY ADAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 72
- GOLA CALVIN BETLEYOUNPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 72
- JERRY DEWAIN EVANSSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 73
- JACK GALE KRIDERCorporal · Panel 40E, Line 76
- RANDY COIS MOORECorporal · Panel 40E, Line 77
- TINEY W WINTERSSergeant · Panel 41E, Line 5
From Myrtle Point
- DONALD GENE MILLERSpecialist Four · April 7, 1967
- DANNY RAY KILGOREPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- TERRY LAVERN STAMANSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- TIMOTHY JOHN BROWNCorporal · May 30, 1970
- JAMES CALVIN TUBB JRPrivate First Class · March 5, 1971
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.