Plassmeyer, Bernard Herber
Marines 1st lieutenant

Bernard Herber Plassmeyer, age 25, from Freeburg, Missouri, Osage county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: September 11, 1970
Death details:  He was the pilot of an A-4E Skyhawk (bureau number 151165) that was in the wingman position on a two-aircraft close air support mission for friendly ground troops near the Ashau Valley on the South Vietnam/Laos border. As he made his attack run over the target area, the pilot of the other aircraft on the mission observed that Captain Plassmeyer’s Skyhawk was struck by enemy anti-aircraft fire and crashed. Immediate search and rescue efforts were launched, but failed to locate the crash site or Captain Plassmeyer in the jungle-covered terrain where he had gone down. He remains unaccounted for.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency