United States of America
U.S. Marine Corps · United States 
James Roland Plake
1948 – 1967
Vietnam Wall · Panel 28E
Lance Corporal James Roland Plake served in the U.S. Marine Corps. James served in the Vietnam War. James was 18 years old.
How They Died
Manner
Combat Death
Cause
Gunshot wound
Circumstance
Killed in action
Place
Thua Thien
Keepsakes
Service Record
U.S. Marine Corps
0331: MACHINE GUNNER
MACHINEGUNNER
THUA THIEN
2001
Pay grade E03.
Conflicts
Awards & Decorations
4
For service and achievement
Foreign awards
Memorials
Burial Information
Cemetery
Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery
Section
O
Grave
2980
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James Roland Plake
Lance Corporal
U.S. Marine Corps
- 2001
1st Battalion 4th Marines
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