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ROBERT LENWOOD PLATT JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 1, 1947 – June 10, 1967
Service recordRobert Lenwood Platt JR, of Charleston, South Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on June 10, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 84
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
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Charleston, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- June 10, 1967
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 21E, Line 84
- WILLIE ALBERT PARKSPrivate · June 10, 1967
- AUGUSTUS J PONTO IIIPrivate First Class · June 10, 1967
- PETER WOODBURY SHERMANCaptain · June 10, 1967
- RONALD LEE STAPELMANSpecialist Four · June 10, 1967
From Charleston
- CLARENCE LARRY MOORERCaptain · December 12, 1963
- THEODORE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · October 2, 1965
- CHARLES GALE DUSINGChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- EARL CLAYTON GRAHAMSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- HAROLD T EDMONDSON JRCorporal · January 30, 1966
- JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · February 5, 1966
- BURTON ALEXANDER BLANTONCaptain · March 30, 1966
- WALTER H ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1966
- RANDOLPH CLINTON SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- HAROLD MACK JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
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.