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EVERETT ALLEN PLANCK
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 12, 1948 – September 13, 1968
Service recordEverett Allen Planck, of Winchester, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1968, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 53
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Winchester, Kentucky (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 53
- HENRY MCCARTY OLIVERLieutenant Colonel · September 13, 1968
- THOMAS MILES PHILLIPSCorporal · September 13, 1968
- GERALD W PLUNKETTCaptain · September 13, 1968
- ERVIN PROCTORCorporal · September 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND BEAMPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 45
- LARRY LOUIS GAMBOTTOSergeant · Panel 44W, Line 47
- MANUEL GALVAN ORTIZSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 52
From Winchester
- MERLE EDWARD ESTESStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1965
- FLOYD BARKER JRPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- WILLIE GENE ALDRIDGEPrivate First Class · December 10, 1968
- BOBBY GENE NEWBYCorporal · May 18, 1969
- BOBBY LEE GENTRYPrivate First Class · July 8, 1969
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.