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KENNETH MICHAEL PLAVCAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 21, 1947 – October 1, 1968
Service recordKenneth Michael Plavcan, of Parma, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 1, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 59
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Parma, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 59
- RONALD EDWARD POCHRONSpecialist Five · October 1, 1968
- JOHN ALEX RAUSCHSergeant · October 1, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT RONEPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
- RICHARD WAYNE SANDERSSpecialist Four · October 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN DILLARD WILLIAMSSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 57
From Parma
- ROBERT LOUIS GUERINSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- MICHAEL THEODORE SUKARAPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALAN RALPH STEFFENStaff Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- TERRY LEE DAVISPetty Officer Third Class · February 24, 1967
- JOHN EARL SWEESYPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- TERENCE JOSEPH KILBANELance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- JAMES JOHN ZAVOCKYLieutenant (junior grade) · August 25, 1967
- RONALD BRIAN KERNERPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS SASPrivate First Class · November 24, 1967
- DONALD ALBERT BASALLALance Corporal · November 26, 1967
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.