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CHARLES DONALD PLUMB JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 20, 1949 – May 7, 1970
Service recordCharles Donald Plumb JR, of Jackson, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 127
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Jackson, Michigan (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 11W, Line 127
- RAYMOND DONALD MARECKCorporal · May 7, 1970
- WILLIAM ALLEN PEYTONSpecialist Five · May 7, 1970
- ROBERT CRAIN PHLEGERSergeant · May 7, 1970
- JOSEPH PIPPENBACHSergeant · May 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ALAN CAPASSOSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 121
- JOHN RICHARD KNAUSSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 125
From Jackson
- MICHAEL MILTON MEDLEYPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DANIEL JOSEPH PIOTROWSKILance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- ROY RUMSEY ROGERSPrivate First Class · July 1, 1966
- THOMAS LEE KEIRNSCorporal · July 29, 1967
- RALPH EDWARD BOWENWarrant Officer 1 · October 5, 1967
- RICHARD GUY SHERWOODSergeant · December 7, 1967
- WILLIAM EFREN GRENNAYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- DOUGLAS MONROE FRACKERLance Corporal · February 15, 1968
- GARLAND DUANE JACKSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- ERIC LOUIS WILLIAM STAUFFPrivate First Class · May 16, 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.