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CARROLL STEVEN PLUM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 8, 1949 – September 25, 1970
Service recordCarroll Steven Plum, of Elkton, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 90
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- May 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Elkton, Virginia (Rockingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 90
- HERMAN LANCASTER JRCorporal · September 25, 1970
- GUS PIPPINSSergeant First Class · September 25, 1970
- BRUCE EDWARD THOMASSpecialist Four · September 25, 1970
- ROBERT BLANE WIRKSSergeant · September 25, 1970
From Elkton
- BASIL LEE HAREFORDSpecialist Four · July 3, 1968
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.