Basil L. Plumley
Basil L. Plumley was a career soldier and airborne combat infantryman in the United States Army who eventually achieved the rank of Command Sergeant Major. A veteran of World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, he is most famous for his actions during the Battle of Ia Drang in Vietnam.
Plumley was born on January 1, 1920, in Shady Spring, West Virginia, the second son and fifth child of coal miner Clay H. Plumley and his wife Georgia B. Morton , both of whom were natives of West Virginia. After two years of highschool, he worked as a chauffeurdriver before enlisting in the US Army on March 31, 1942. In 194849, Plumley married Deurice Dillon, who died on May 28, 2012, ending 63 years of marriage. Basil Plumley died of cancer after nine days in Columbus Hospice , on October 10, 2012. He is survived by his daughter, Debbie Kimble, a granddaughter, and two greatgrandchildren.
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