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October 10, 2012
Basil L. Plumley, American sergeant (born 1920)
Basil L. Plumley
Basil Leonard Plumley was an American soldier who served in the United States Army for over three decades, rising to the rank of command sergeant major. He was a combat veteran of World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War, and is most noted for his actions during the Battle of Ia Drang in Vietnam.