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HERBERT PLUMMER JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 7, 1942 – December 14, 1967
Service recordHerbert Plummer JR, of Oakwood, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 14, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 94
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 7, 1942
- Home of record
- Oakwood, Texas (Leon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 94
- STEPHEN WILLIAM PICKETTPrivate First Class · December 14, 1967
- GARY EDWARD SCHUBERTLance Corporal · December 14, 1967
- LLOYD SLACKSpecialist Four · December 14, 1967
- RAYMOND EDWARD STONE JRSecond Lieutenant · December 14, 1967
From Oakwood
- CALVIN LEE MCDAVISPrivate First Class · September 12, 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.