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NORMAN LEE PLEMMONS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 28, 1947 – May 4, 1969
Service recordNorman Lee Plemmons, of Mt Holly, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 1
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Mt Holly, North Carolina (Gaston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1969; nine of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 25W, Line 1
- WILLIAM HILLIARD OVERTONFirst Lieutenant · May 4, 1969
- JEFFERY MARK PARENTLance Corporal · May 4, 1969
- WILLIAM DANIEL QUINN IIIPrivate First Class · May 4, 1969
- ROBERT LEE THOMASSergeant · May 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES POTITO FLAGELLAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 26W, Line 110
- MICHAEL EUGENE LEMASTERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 26W, Line 110
- WILLIAM DAVID BRITTONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 26W, Line 112
- WILLIAM DANIEL QUINN IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 1
- ROBERT LEE THOMASSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 1
- DON LEWIS ROSSSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 2
- BILLY RAY STUBBSSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 2
- CLIFFORD TABOR JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 2
- MILTON WILLIAM REMMLER JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 25W, Line 3
From Mt Holly
- JOHN GRADY WILLIAMS JRLance Corporal · February 7, 1965
- CRAIG ERIC MCCORKLESpecialist Four · September 2, 1967
- CHARLES LEE LYMANPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
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.