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RUSSELL LOWELL PLATT
Captain · U.S. Air Force
September 25, 1942 – May 10, 1969
Service recordRussell Lowell Platt, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 10, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 39
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 25, 1942
- Home of record
- Las Cruces, New Mexico (Dona Ana County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1969. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 39
- PETER GIBSONCorporal · May 10, 1969
- DEMETRIUS JEROME GRAYSSpecialist Four · May 10, 1969
- ROBERT WARREN HANSENLance Corporal · May 10, 1969
- THOMAS HOWARD HEISEPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN HYNESPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
From Las Cruces
- JOHN MILTON RISNERPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- JOE MAC KEMPCorporal · July 24, 1966
- ROBERT F CHAMBERLAINWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1966
- JUAN MANUEL ALBA ZAMORACorporal · July 18, 1967
- JOHN RAMAGE BARBOURPetty Officer Third Class · September 4, 1967
- DAVID REAY MALINSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1967
- WALTER CLIFFORD BUNYEA JRPrivate First Class · November 7, 1967
- ANDY ANASTACIO CABRERACorporal · January 3, 1968
- JESSE MECHEMFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1968
- CHARLE CORDOVA FLORESSpecialist Five · May 9, 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.