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PAUL WANDLING PLAMBECK JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 2, 1947 – November 13, 1969
Service recordPaul Wandling Plambeck JR, of Austin, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 13, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 70
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Austin, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 16W, Line 70
- EUGENE LENOIRCorporal · November 13, 1969
- JOHN MALGER MCLELLANSergeant · November 13, 1969
- DENNIS EVANS MILLIARDStaff Sergeant · November 13, 1969
- JAMES MICHIAL MOORESergeant · November 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN THOMAS SCHOOLERSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 71
From Austin
- RONNY LOUIS WOODMANSEEFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- NATHANAEL LEEPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
- VICTOR FLORES JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- JOHN PAUL ROLANDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOE MORENOPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- ALLEN ROBERT SPINKSSpecialist Four · January 4, 1966
- ERIC SACKETTPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- KENNETH DEE GILMOREFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- DANIEL TIENDACorporal · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS HOWARD CARUTHERSPrivate · April 18, 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.