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JAMES RICHARD PLATE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 14, 1948 – November 26, 1969
Service recordJames Richard Plate, of Huron, South Dakota, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 26, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 125
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Huron, South Dakota (Beadle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 125
- THOMAS LEE ROY DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · November 26, 1969
- JERRY LANE GREENESpecialist Five · November 26, 1969
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN MERRILLLance Corporal · November 26, 1969
- LEROY NESMITHPrivate First Class · November 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TIMOTHY ERNEST BADOSTAINSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 124
- EDWARD THOMSON DAVIS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 16W, Line 124
- WILLIAM ANDREW KUHNKECaptain · Panel 16W, Line 124
- THOMAS LEE ROY DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 125
From Huron
- MYRON DALE KJELLERSONPrivate First Class · June 10, 1969
- ROGER LEE PORTERAirman · June 20, 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.