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JACK ALBERT PLUCINSKI
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 22, 1946 – September 26, 1968
Service recordJack Albert Plucinski, of Harvey, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 21
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Harvey, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1968; two of them were lost in Pleiku 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 42W, Line 21
- LARRY EDWARD WRIGHTAirman First Class · September 24, 1968
- CLARK EDMUND PEDENPrivate First Class · September 26, 1968
- OSCAR KILPATRIC PORTER JRPrivate First Class · September 26, 1968
- JAMES RANDALL PRUETTSergeant · September 26, 1968
- STEVEN PAUL RANCEPrivate First Class · September 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CECIL ODELL BUNDAGESergeant First Class · Panel 42W, Line 15
- GEORGE MARION COX IISpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 16
- MAURICE HARRISON KINKEADCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 18
- GREGORIO MENO CAMACHOSergeant First Class · Panel 42W, Line 19
- DAWSON JESSE ATWOODCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 22
- JON ALAN RIPPEEPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 22
- JOHNNY WAYNE THOMPSONCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 24
From Harvey
- JAMES RAY GRIFFEYPrivate · January 9, 1966
- STANLEY GEORGE YURGAITISPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
- JACK RICHARD SUTTONCorporal · January 14, 1967
- JIMMY HORACE GUINNSpecialist Four · April 3, 1967
- WALTER LEONARD WARDCorporal · June 7, 1967
- CHARLES MICHAEL ROACHCorporal · June 17, 1967
- NATHANIEL DABONSergeant · October 15, 1967
- THEODORE LEO ZAWISZASpecialist Four · March 18, 1968
- ODIS LEON GOSNELLSergeant · March 21, 1968
- STEVEN VICTOR MERSHONSpecialist Four · December 3, 1968
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.