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RALPH WILLIAM PLUMMER III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 18, 1946 – October 29, 1967
Service recordRalph William Plummer III, of Oxford, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 29, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Oxford, Ohio (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 29, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 29, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 97
- WALTER THOMAS KAY JRMaster Sergeant · October 29, 1967
- LAWRENCE LANOSpecialist Five · October 29, 1967
- MICHAEL DENNIS LAUERPrivate First Class · October 29, 1967
- JAMES ROLAND PLAKELance Corporal · October 29, 1967
From Oxford
- DANNY DEAN PRINCESpecialist Four · August 2, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN PEPPERLance Corporal · August 30, 1968
- JOHN LESLIE WEHRSergeant · February 9, 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.