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REGGINALD WILLIAM PLUMMER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 18, 1942 – December 9, 1969
Service recordRegginald William Plummer, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 9, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 43
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- November 18, 1942
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 9, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date December 9, 1969; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 43
- MICHAEL JAMES MCCLANESpecialist Four · December 9, 1969
- JOSEPH HOWARD OBMANSpecialist Four · December 9, 1969
- JOE B OJEDASpecialist Four · December 9, 1969
- DALE ALLEN SCHEPPLance Corporal · December 9, 1969
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 1965
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.