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JAMES DUANE PLANK
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 19, 1949 – January 12, 1970
Service recordJames Duane Plank, of Westfield, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 29
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Westfield, Pennsylvania (Tioga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1970; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 29
- DANIEL EDNEY ECKENRODESergeant · January 12, 1970
- GORDON EDWARD EVANSLance Corporal · January 12, 1970
- EUGENE HOODPrivate · January 12, 1970
- JOHN JAY JANOSKA JRStaff Sergeant · January 12, 1970
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.