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GARY W PLATT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 1, 1943 – November 3, 1965
Service recordGary W Platt, of Boulder, Colorado, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 15
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 1, 1943
- Home of record
- Boulder, Colorado (Boulder County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1965
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 318 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 15
- KENT DOUGLAS JORDANLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- WILLIAM BRUCE MITCHELLPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- JAMES RAY PARRETTPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL BESSStaff Sergeant · Panel 3E, Line 14
- JAMES RAY PARRETTPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 15
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · Panel 3E, Line 15
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 16
From Boulder
- MANFRED BERTOLD MILLERSpecialist Four · October 19, 1965
- LADD ROBERT CONDYSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES LAWLORAirman Second Class · September 4, 1966
- JAMES WILLIE ADKISSONStaff Sergeant · October 7, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT SHAPARDSpecialist Four · December 10, 1967
- CHARLES FRANK MCGOWENSergeant · May 6, 1968
- JAMES DOUGLAS PESCHELPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- DONN PETER ZARINASpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
- SCOTT THOMAS NELSONWarrant Officer 1 · August 6, 1969
- FRANK MARION STREAMERSeaman · August 9, 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.