Veterans' Memorial Project

Jack Albert Plucinski

Harvey, IL

Vietnam War

College: Liberal Arts & Sciences

Graduation Year: 1967

Service Branch: Army

Rank: First Lieutenant

Date of Birth: 10/22/1946

Date of Death: 09/26/1968

Affiliations: Theta Xi; ROTC

Lt. Plucinski was killed by sniper fire while on a combat patrol mission in the Central Highlands (in Pleiku), South Vietnam. In Vietnam only two weeks, he was attached to Company C of the 3rd Batallion, 4th Infantry Division.

– submitted by Ken Yang, high school classmate and information taken from Alumni Association archives

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