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CHARLES DEAN PLUMMER
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
October 10, 1936 – November 14, 1968
Service recordCharles Dean Plummer, of Bluefield, West Virginia, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 68
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 10, 1936
- Home of record
- Bluefield, West Virginia (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1968; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 68
- LARRY LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 14, 1968
- LESLIE CALVIN PASCHAL JRLance Corporal · November 14, 1968
- DELMAR SHELLEYPrivate · November 14, 1968
- DONALD ARTHUR THOMPSONSpecialist Four · November 14, 1968
From Bluefield
- EDWARD LARRY STEWARTSergeant · October 12, 1965
- CARL L MUNSEYStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1966
- GEORGE WASHINGTON FROESpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- JAMES FREEMAN HUNDLEYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- WILLIAM ALLEN BLACKWELLPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- HOWARD WILLIAM JONESStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1967
- FREDDIE ESTERSCorporal · July 6, 1967
- EDWARD JUNIOR SIMONSCorporal · October 14, 1967
- CHARLES RODNEY MORRISLance Corporal · July 6, 1968
- THOMAS BARRY CHRISTIANLance Corporal · August 6, 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.