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ROBERT JAMES PLOURDE
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 2, 1949 – May 28, 1968
Service recordRobert James Plourde, of Laconia, New Hampshire, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 64W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64W · Line 14
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Laconia, New Hampshire (Belknap County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1968; ten of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64W, Line 14
- THOMAS WAYNE MILLSCorporal · May 28, 1968
- RAUL ALBERT OBREGONPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- STEPHEN EDWIN PETERSONPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- STANLEY F PONIKTERA JRLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EDWARD BRICKERPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 6
- WILLIAM PATRICK FLYNNPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 9
- PAUL ALFRED GONZALESPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 9
- RICHARD JOSEPH JONES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 64W, Line 11
- CARROLL RODNEY MEIERCorporal · Panel 64W, Line 12
- JOHN WESLEY MCVEYPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 13
- ROBERT MICHAEL SOPKOPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 16
- BERNELL TAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 64W, Line 17
- ROGER WAYNE VOLZPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 17
From Laconia
- JAY ALLEN HURDPrivate First Class · September 1, 1966
- PETER WHITCOMB MORRISONFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1967
- JONATHAN CHARLE WHITTICOMLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
- DAVID A KREITZERChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 2, 1967
- ROBERT PAUL AHERNSpecialist Five · March 30, 1969
- GARY ROY SMITHSpecialist Four · April 27, 1969
- JAMES EVERETT SAWYER JRCorporal · June 14, 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.