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BILLY JOE PLASTER JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 6, 1950 – January 18, 1971
Service recordBilly Joe Plaster JR, of Alvin, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 18, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · 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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Alvin, Texas (Brazoria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 55
- JOSHUA MARICE DANIELSPrivate · January 18, 1971
- EUGENE THOMAS GILMORESergeant · January 18, 1971
- LARRY JUNIOR PRICECorporal · January 18, 1971
- WILBUR DALE LATIMERCaptain · January 19, 1971
From Alvin
- DONALD GENE BROWNPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- WILLIAM ALFRED DIXON JRPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
- CARSON MILO KINGPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- GEORGE ALLEN ALFORD JRCorporal · July 31, 1968
- FREDERICK R FRACIONECorporal · December 31, 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.