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JAMES EDWARD PLEIMAN
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
January 15, 1944 – March 24, 1966
Service recordJames Edward Pleiman, of Russia, Ohio, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 24, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 7
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
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 15, 1944
- Home of record
- Russia, Ohio (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 7
- RICHARD FRANK WALLACECaptain · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT LARIE HILTONAirman First Class · March 14, 1966
- KARL EDWIN KLUTECaptain · March 14, 1966
- BILLY WAYNE MORTONPrivate First Class · March 14, 1966
- FRANK MULLENPrivate First Class · March 14, 1966
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.