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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Bernard Stanley Plaza.

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BERNARD STANLEY PLAZA

Captain · U.S. Army

February 7, 1940 – November 23, 1966

Service record

Bernard Stanley Plaza, of Montague, Massachusetts, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on November 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 12E · Line 113

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Captain (CPT)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Ranger, Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (82162)
Unit (as recorded)
ADV TM 83 MACV
Born
February 7, 1940
Home of record
Montague, Massachusetts (Franklin County)

Casualty

Date of death
November 23, 1966
Age
26
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

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11 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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Also on Panel 12E, Line 113

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.