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GERALD W PLUNKETT
Captain · U.S. Army
April 25, 1944 – September 13, 1968
Service recordGerald W Plunkett, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. 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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 25, 1944
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 53
- HENRY MCCARTY OLIVERLieutenant Colonel · September 13, 1968
- THOMAS MILES PHILLIPSCorporal · September 13, 1968
- EVERETT ALLEN PLANCKCorporal · September 13, 1968
- ERVIN PROCTORCorporal · September 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN LEE BECKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 44W, Line 45
- REX LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 46
- JOHN WESLEY DAVISSpecialist Five · Panel 44W, Line 46
- JOSE D GUTIERREZ-VELAZQUEZSpecialist Five · Panel 44W, Line 46
- RAYMOND COBBPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 48
- JERRY EDWIN JARRARDCorporal · Panel 44W, Line 49
- RAYMOND EDWARD LANTERSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 50
- WILLIAM MANZANARES JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 44W, Line 51
- ANTHONY PASQUALE PATRICCASpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 52
- ERNEST DELBERT PEINASpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 52
- HENRY MCCARTY OLIVERLieutenant Colonel · Panel 44W, Line 53
- JOSEPH ALVIN VENABLESergeant Major · Panel 44W, Line 54
- BOOKER T WRIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 55
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.