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JACK CHARLES PLAHN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 26, 1947 – February 9, 1968
Service recordJack Charles Plahn, of Fremont, Nebraska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 59
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Fremont, Nebraska (Dodge County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
107 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1968; four of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 59
- MICHAEL PUMILLOSpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- DAVID DONALD REIDSpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- WILLIS CLIFFORD RHEAULTSergeant · February 9, 1968
- RONALD EDWARD ROHRKASTEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN R BARFIELDSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 44
- BONNIE LEE COLEMANSergeant · Panel 38E, Line 47
- GARY DAVID HOLLANDPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 51
- GARY C JONESFirst Lieutenant · Panel 38E, Line 53
- WALTER RAYMOND MCDONALDPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 56
- RAYMOND JESUS PALACIOSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 58
- WALTER RAYMOND WASCHICKPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 63
From Fremont
- LARRY WILLIAM HOLTZSpecialist Five · November 12, 1966
- KENNETH LEE STEELPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- GENE LEANDER TWEHOUSHospitalman · September 17, 1967
- JOHN CRAIG ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
- ROGER LEROY LANEPlatoon Sergeant · July 1, 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.