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SIDNEY E PLATTENBURGER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 24, 1949 – April 1, 1970
Service recordSidney E Plattenburger, of Charlotte, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 73
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Charlotte, North Carolina (Mecklenburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1970; 27 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 12W, Line 73
- FLOYD DALE KETELSSergeant · April 1, 1970
- GERALD RAY POLLARD JRSergeant · April 1, 1970
- GERALD WAYNE PURDONSergeant · April 1, 1970
- MELVIN DARYL QUINNFirst Lieutenant · April 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY LEE BARKERCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 64
- BENJAMIN V CHILDRESS JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 64
- THOMAS RAY BOWENPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 65
- CLEAVELAND FLOYD BRIDGMANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12W, Line 65
- BILLY PAT CARLISLECorporal · Panel 12W, Line 66
- DAVID GEORGE DRAGOSAVACSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 66
- LEROY JAMES FASCHINGCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 67
- SYRIAC HEBERT JRSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 68
- ROBERT ALLEN HILLSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 68
- MICHAEL RICHARD PATTERSONCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 69
- ROBERT HARRISON LANE JRSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 70
- NATHAN JAMES MANNCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 71
- ROGER JAMES MCINERNY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 72
- THOMAS JOSEPH MURPHYSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 72
- GERALD RAY POLLARD JRSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 73
- GERALD WAYNE PURDONSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 73
- KLAUS DIETER SCHLIEBENCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 75
- VINTURE SCIARRETTISpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 75
- JOHN LEE SMITHCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 75
- BRENT ANTHONY STREETSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 76
- CASEY OWEN WALLERSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 77
- STEVEN JAMES WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 78
From Charlotte
- HARRY WILLIAM LOVE JRPrivate First Class · June 30, 1965
- EDWARD DEAN BROWN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · July 29, 1965
- TROY MILLER THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · September 26, 1965
- REGINALD ALVIN WATKINSSergeant · November 15, 1965
- GERRALD AUNDRE STANSELLSergeant · February 8, 1966
- FREDDIE WALLACE GREENSergeant · February 19, 1966
- JOHNSON FRANCIS FRANKStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- LOOMIS OGLESBY IIISpecialist Four · March 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS DIALPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- RONALD MARTIN SUTTONCorporal · March 18, 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.