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JAMES ARMAND PLUMMER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 6, 1934 – May 5, 1967
Service recordJames Armand Plummer, of Hardin, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 45
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 6, 1934
- Home of record
- Hardin, Illinois (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1967
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 45
- WOODROW WILLIAMSLance Corporal · May 3, 1967
- JOSEPH PAUL RANDOPrivate First Class · May 5, 1967
- RICKEY DON REVLANDPrivate First Class · May 5, 1967
- GARY WAYNE RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- PHILLIP LEONARD ROUSESpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
From Hardin
- CARL JOSHUA WIENEKESpecialist Four · February 6, 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.