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RICHARD DALE PLUMM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 28, 1950 – May 22, 1971
Service recordRichard Dale Plumm, of Charlevoix, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 50
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- December 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Charlevoix, Michigan (Charlevoix County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 40 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 50
- GARY AUSTIN DORESpecialist Four · May 22, 1971
- THOMAS ROY LUSHERStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1971
- EDWARD WALTER METCALFMaster Sergeant · May 22, 1971
- JAMES WILLIAM PETERSONCaptain · May 22, 1971
From Charlevoix
- LARRY LAVERN ELZINGACorporal · August 3, 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.