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OTIS EUGENE PLANTS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 9, 1949 – September 4, 1970
Service recordOtis Eugene Plants, of Rogers, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 38
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Rogers, Arkansas (Benton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 38
- MICHAEL EDWARD QUICKStaff Sergeant · September 4, 1970
- RONALD DEAN SWINFORDLance Corporal · September 4, 1970
- RODNEY EUGENE TAYLORSergeant · September 4, 1970
- KENNETH STANLEY GNIEWEKCorporal · September 5, 1970
From Rogers
- HENRY DON MATHEWSSergeant · June 19, 1969
- ROBERT STEVENS MITCHELLPrivate First Class · August 14, 1969
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.