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JAMES DONN PLECITY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 22, 1948 – December 6, 1967
Service recordJames Donn Plecity, of Madison, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 6, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 52
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Madison, Wisconsin (Dane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 52
- ROBERT ALTON PRETTYCorporal · December 6, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY PRUITT JRSergeant · December 6, 1967
- DANIEL KIMOKEO PUHICorporal · December 6, 1967
- ROBERT LEWIS PULTZPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
From Madison
- ROSCOE AMMERMANStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1965
- JEAN PIERRE DOWLINGLance Corporal · January 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH BANOVEZ JRCorporal · July 18, 1966
- WILLY VASCILLE QUASTStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1967
- THOMAS ERWIN MATUSHPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN THOMAMajor · January 12, 1967
- LEONARD DEAN THOMPSONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1967
- GORDON WAYNE STOFLETLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- VERNON GENE STICHSpecialist Four · August 7, 1967
- MARK WILLARD NEUMANNSpecialist Four · August 25, 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.