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JOHNNY MORRIS PLATA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 5, 1948 – October 14, 1967
Service recordJohnny Morris Plata, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 14, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 3
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 5, 1948
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 81 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 3
- JAMES W MCCARTER JRCaptain · October 14, 1967
- KURT BYRON PEARSONCorporal · October 14, 1967
- JACK WARREN PHILLIPSCaptain · October 14, 1967
- ROBERT A VANBALLEGOOYENPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.