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GEORGE RICHARD PLATTER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 22, 1949 – August 12, 1969
Service recordGeorge Richard Platter, of North Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 20
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 22, 1949
- Home of record
- North Kansas City, Missouri (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
105 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1969; 24 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 20
- HARVEY A PEAYLance Corporal · August 12, 1969
- STEPHEN JOSEPH PENTAPetty Officer Third Class · August 12, 1969
- HOWARD MACDONALD PYLE JRCorporal · August 12, 1969
- RONALD GENE QUINNSpecialist Four · August 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL ABRAMS JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 19W, Line 7
- LEONARD LOUIS ALVARADOSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 7
- GREG ALLEN BARKERPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 7
- BRUCE MICHAEL BARNESSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 8
- BOBBY LEE BEVARDSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 8
- JAMES ANTHONY CABRAL JRSpecialist Five · Panel 19W, Line 10
- MARTIN DEAN CHILDRESSSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 10
- LARRY D GARNERPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 10
- JAMES PATRICK ECKLESCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 12
- THOMAS WILLIAM CARRINGTONSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 13
- FREDRICK PAUL GILLENSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 13
- LEO FRANK GREEN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 14
- RICHARD LEE HARDESTYPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 15
- JEREMIAH MICHAEL HAYES JRSpecialist Five · Panel 19W, Line 15
- GARY LEE HOSKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 16
- KENNEY EARL LASSITERPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 17
- JAMES LINDER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 17
- JOHN MORRISON MAHONEYSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 17
- FRANCIS MCDOWALL JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 19W, Line 18
- HAROLD GENE MILESSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 18
- LEE ROY SHAWSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 22
- RONALD LEE SHORTSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 23
- GARRY GREGORY SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 24
- WILLIAM THOMAS SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 24
From North Kansas City
- TYRONE BRUCE CARSONSergeant · May 30, 1965
- JAMES DAVID BORAWSKIPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
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.