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JAMES ROLAND PLAKE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 29, 1948 – October 29, 1967
Service recordJames Roland Plake, of Camarillo, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 29, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- November 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Camarillo, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 29, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 29, 1967; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 97
- WALTER THOMAS KAY JRMaster Sergeant · October 29, 1967
- LAWRENCE LANOSpecialist Five · October 29, 1967
- MICHAEL DENNIS LAUERPrivate First Class · October 29, 1967
- RALPH WILLIAM PLUMMER IIISpecialist Four · October 29, 1967
From Camarillo
- LEWIS ALBERT KIMMEL JRPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- JAMES HENRY COONEYCorporal · July 4, 1967
- WEDEN GARY HUMPHREYSergeant · February 1, 1968
- BARTON JOHN UPLINGERCaptain · February 19, 1968
- RICHARD ALWIN WESKESpecialist Four · May 21, 1968
- RUSSELL GENE HOFERCorporal · July 27, 1968
- KENNETH DALE COMBSSergeant · August 27, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH TREASURELance Corporal · October 16, 1968
- PHILIP CLARK STAFFORDSpecialist Four · April 1, 1969
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.