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JUAN JOSE PLAZA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 12, 1952 – November 19, 1970
Service recordJuan Jose Plaza, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 72
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
- Hawk Fire Control Crewmember (16E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- June 12, 1952
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 72
- STANLEY DEAN STRUBLEWarrant Officer 1 · November 19, 1970
- JAMES C WASHINGTON JRStaff Sergeant · November 19, 1970
- FRANKLIN RANDOLPH AKANASpecialist Five · November 20, 1970
- PHILLIP JOSE BARBACorporal · November 20, 1970
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.