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JOHN FRANCIS PLUNKARD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 1, 1947 – April 8, 1968
Service recordJohn Francis Plunkard, of Frederick, Maryland, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Frederick, Maryland (Frederick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1968; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 54
- FRANK JAMES MASTROMATTEOLance Corporal · April 8, 1968
- RANDALL CARL PHELPSPrivate First Class · April 8, 1968
- GEORGE ALAN PRUITTCorporal · April 8, 1968
- JUAN NATIVIDAD SEDILLOCorporal · April 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JON FRANCIS VANDUYNStaff Sergeant · Panel 48E, Line 55
From Frederick
- ROBERT EARL SMITH JRHospitalman · May 15, 1966
- DANIEL SPENSER BRITTAINSecond Lieutenant · May 30, 1966
- WILSON LEE COOKSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- GARY WAYNE COSGRAVEAirman Second Class · May 12, 1967
- CHARLES FRANK BRANDENBURGPrivate First Class · August 5, 1967
- WILLIAM E ZIMMERMAN JRFirst Lieutenant · April 28, 1968
- MICHAEL LEON BREWERSpecialist Five · May 9, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM GRASERSpecialist Four · May 27, 1968
- HAROLD FRANKLIN KLINESergeant First Class · August 24, 1968
- STEPHEN EUGENE SROKAPrivate First Class · August 3, 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.