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STEPHEN LEWIS PLOTKIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 3, 1948 – April 23, 1969
Service recordStephen Lewis Plotkin, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 35
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 3, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 35
- MARTIN DANIEL REYNOLDSSpecialist Four · April 23, 1969
- WILLIAM FRANK ROCCOSergeant First Class · April 23, 1969
- TOBY S RODRIQUEZ JRLance Corporal · April 23, 1969
- DANIEL FRANK ROSANOVAPrivate First Class · April 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JACK DONALD CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 30
- JOHN RAY MIFFLINSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 33
- ROBERT WAYNE MOONSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 33
- KENNETH RALPH PEDERSENPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 34
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.