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JACK CLARE PLUMB
Major · U.S. Air Force
October 15, 1931 – September 2, 1968
Service recordJack Clare Plumb, of Mckeesport, Pennsylvania, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 2, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 28
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 15, 1931
- Home of record
- Mckeesport, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 28
- RODNEY LEE RANSOMPrivate · September 2, 1968
- JERRY LYNN ROBINSONSpecialist Four · September 2, 1968
- LAWRENCE CARROLL ROSEStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1968
- ROBERT LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · September 2, 1968
From Mckeesport
- NORMAN WALLACE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- MICHAEL JOSEPH NEMCHICKPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- MICHAEL DENNIS PLISKAPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS BROOKS JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- THOMAS JOHN WINKELVOSSStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1966
- TYRONE GREGORY BURSEPrivate First Class · August 5, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD WESTPrivate First Class · September 10, 1966
- DAVID LLOYD GEORGE MOSERStaff Sergeant · October 6, 1966
- GREGORY FRANCIS POPOWITZLance Corporal · January 24, 1968
- CURTIS TAYLOR GAYSpecialist Four · January 30, 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.