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SAMUEL RUDOLPH PLUMMER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 4, 1948 – October 13, 1968
Service recordSamuel Rudolph Plummer, of Savannah, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Savannah, Georgia (Chatham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 60
- WILLIAM GEORGE MARTINPrivate First Class · October 13, 1968
- ROBERT ALFRED MICHELCorporal · October 13, 1968
- ROBERT DEAN NEASHAMSpecialist Four · October 13, 1968
- QUINLAN ROBERTS ORELLCaptain · October 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JUAN CHAIRES DURAN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 57
From Savannah
- WILLIAM FREW TRAIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1962
- HENRY STERLING MCWHORTERLieutenant · August 29, 1965
- JERRY JIVENSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- JAMES MAYNARD SPENCESpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- BARNETTE GARTRELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 2, 1966
- HARLOW GARY CLARK JRLieutenant Colonel · March 7, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CAIL JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- WILLMATT BROWNPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM JONES JRSergeant · June 18, 1966
- ERNEST MAXWELL SHUMAN JRSpecialist Five · August 1, 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.