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JOHN HERBERT PLATT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 7, 1948 – May 24, 1969
Service recordJohn Herbert Platt, of Early, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 97
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Early, Iowa (Sac County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1969; five of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 97
- JOHN NILES MCCARTHYSpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
- GARY ARNOLD NEAVORSpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
- THOMAS PATRICK ODEASpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
- ROGER LEE OLIVERStaff Sergeant · May 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TIMOTHY J BALLINGERSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 92
- WILLIAM HENRY BESKE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 92
- WILLIAM HENRY DARDENCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 93
- ALLEN MICHAEL GRAFFSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 95
- ORVILLE HAMPTONSergeant First Class · Panel 24W, Line 95
- DERRILL LE ROY PRICE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 98
- JOHN L ROSEMONDCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 98
- RICHARD MARTIN SCHNAKEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24W, Line 99
- FARRELL JAMES VICESpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 100
- GARY ANTHONY WALLACEPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 100
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.