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RICHARD DUANE PLINER
Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
April 14, 1936 – June 6, 1970
Service recordRichard Duane Pliner, of Elroy, Wisconsin, served as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 6, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 19
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. Navy
- Rank
- Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Yeoman (YN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- April 14, 1936
- Home of record
- Elroy, Wisconsin (Juneau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1970
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 19
- WILLIAM LARRY BYRDCaptain · June 6, 1970
- EVERETTE BRENT CALDWELLSergeant First Class · June 6, 1970
- MELVIN ERNEST DAVISSergeant First Class · June 6, 1970
- BILLY JOE DEMARCOSergeant · June 6, 1970
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.