Jerry D. Plunkett Collection (3297) Finding Aid
Collection Item Number: 32970000000
- Collection
- Jerry D. Plunkett Collection
- Title
- Jerry D. Plunkett Collection (3297) Finding Aid
- Finding Aid Date
- 2022-05-05
- Linear Feet
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- Language(s)
- English
- Dates
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Creation: Majority of material found within 1970 - 1975
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of approximately 4 linear feet of materials documenting Specialist Jerry Dwayne Plunkett's U.S. Army service with the 64th Finance Section stationed at Phu Bai in Vietnam from 1970-1971. The materials include cards; thank you notes; correspondence; letters of appreciation; photographs and images; clippings; photo albums; artifacts; slides; audio records; certificates and diplomas; newsletters; event programs; flyers, pamphlets, and handouts; periodicals; medical records; military orders; service records; financial records; insurance records; a Fort Ord yearbook; and moving images. The materials are dated predominately 1970-1975.- 1
- Newsletters
Arrows: 2005: December
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- Serials
Mad: 1966: December
Life: 1971: February 5
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- Scrapbooks
3297scrapbook1665 - Photo album
3297scrapbook1666 - Photo album
3297scrapbook1667 - Photo album
3297scrapbook1668 - Photo album
3297scrapbook1669 - Photo album
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- Moving Images
3297VI4083 - Super 8mm - Larry Plunkett Washington, DC
3297VI4084 - Super 8mm - St. Loise
3297VI4085 - Super 8mm - Wife at Montare California After Boot Camp
3297VI4086 - Super 8mm - Bob Hope Camp Eagle
3297VI4087 - Super 8mm - Bob Hope Camp Eagle
3297VI4088 - Super 8mm - Bob Hope Camp Eagle 2
3297VI4089 - Super 8mm - Leave to IND
3297VI4090 - Super 8mm - Indy
3297VI4091 - Super 8mm - Highway 1 Fish Village
3297VI4092 - Super 8mm - Highway 1 Between Phu Bai and Danang
3297VI4093 - Super 8mm - Highway 1, Phu Bai, Danang
3297VI4094 - Super 8mm - Tia My Island
3297VI4095 - Super 8mm - Phu Bai: Air Plane, Airport, Junkyard
3297VI4096 - Super 8mm - Phu Bai Guard Tower
3297VI4097 - Super 8mm - Phu Bai Guard Tower
3297VI4098 - Super 8mm - Hue Citadel
3297VI4099 - Super 8mm - Guard Tower RAVN
3297VI4100 - Super 8mm - Phu Bai BBQ, Basketball
3297VI4101 - Super 8mm - Buddha
3297VI4102 - Super 8mm - Highway 1 Vietnam
3297VI4103 - Super 8mm - Highway 1 Vietnam
3297VI4104 - Super 8mm - Phu Bai Rocket Damage
3297VI4105 - Super 8mm - Phu Bai to Cam Ran Bay
3297VI4106 - Super 8mm - Cam Ran Bay
3297VI4107 - Super 8mm - Alaska, Cam Ran Bay
3297VI4108 - Super 8mm - To Cal to Live
3297VI4109 - Super 8mm - Basketball Phu Bai
3297VI4110 - Super 8mm - Phu Bai Basketball
3297VI4111 - Super 8mm - Phu Bai Burial Ground
3297VI4112 - Super 8mm - Cathy Baby California
3297VI4113 - Super 8mm - Carol San Francisco
3297VI4114 - Super 8mm - Trip Home from California
3297VI4115 - Super 8mm - California
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- Museum Objects
3297museum5759 - 1 Dong coin
3297museum5760 - 1 Dong coin
3297museum5761 - 1 Dong coin
3297museum5762 - 1 Dong coin
3297museum5763 - 2 Dong coin
3297museum5764 - 5 Dong coin
3297museum5765 - 10 Dong coin
3297museum5766 - 10 Dong coin
3297museum5767 - 20 Dong coin
3297museum5768 - 10 Su coin
3297museum5769 - 10 Su coin
3297museum5770 - 20 Su coin
3297museum5771 - 20 Su coin
3297museum5772 - 50 Su coin
3297museum5773 - 50 Xu coin
3297museum5774 - 50 Xu coin
3297museum5775 - 50 Xu coin
3297museum5776 - French Indochina 0.5 Cent coin
3297museum5777 - French Indochina 10 Cent coin
3297museum5778 - French Indochina 20 Cent coin
3297museum5779 - French Indochina 20 Cent coin
3297museum5780 - French Indochina 20 Cent coin
3297museum5781 - French Indochina coin
3297museum5782 - Coin
3297museum5783 - Coin
3297museum5784 - Military payment certificate - 5 Cents
3297museum5785 - Military payment certificate - 5 Cents
3297museum5786 - Military payment certificate - 5 Cents
3297museum5787 - Military payment certificate - 10 Cents
3297museum5788 - Military payment certificate - 10 Cents
3297museum5789 - Military payment certificate - 10 Cents
3297museum5790 - Military payment certificate - 25 Cents
3297museum5791 - Military payment certificate - 25 Cents
3297museum5792 - Military payment certificate - 25 Cents
3297museum5793 - Military payment certificate - 50 Cents
3297museum5794 - Military payment certificate - 50 Cents
3297museum5795 - Military payment certificate - 1 Dollar
3297museum5796 - Military payment certificate - 1 Dollar
3297museum5797 - Military payment certificate - 5 Dollars
3297museum5798 - 1 Dong bill
3297museum5799 - 1 Dong bill
3297museum5800 - 1 Dong bill
3297museum5801 - 5 Dong bill
3297museum5802 - 50 Dong bill
3297museum5803 - 50 Dong bill
3297museum5804 - 500 Dong bill
3297museum5805 - Name patch
3297museum5806 - Name tag
3297museum5807 - Service ribbon bar - National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal
3297museum5808 - Sharpshooter Marksmanship Badge with Rifle Clasp
3297museum5809 - U.S. Army Finance Corps insignia badge
3297museum5810 - U.S. Army Finance Corps insignia badge
3297museum5811 - Sixth Army patch
3297museum5812 - U.S. Army Vietnam insignia
3297museum5813 - 1st Logistical Command insignia
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- Slides
Phu Bai; aerial views; ARVN soldiers; helicopters and other aircraft (Chinook, C-130); villages; Danang (airport); service clubs; Hue; Highway 1; markets and shops; coastlines; Tan My Island; R&R at home; San Francisco; Perfume River; water buffalo; Bien Air Base (Korean troops); convoys; churches; Cam Ranh Bay; local civilians
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- Photographs
51 photographs - aquarium; office Christmas party; color; 3.5 x 5 inches
9 photographs - unit photos (C Company 1st Battalion 4th Combat Support Training Brigade at Fort Ord, CA; U.S. Army Finance School Pay/Disbursing Specialist Course 88-70 at Fort Benjamin Harrison, IN); Jerry Plunkett with others in the office; Plunkett official army portrait; Christmas; b&w, color; 8 x 10 inches
50 photographs - Phu Bai; Camp Eagle; base scenes; aircraft; aerial views; Jerry Plunkett's quarters; Bob Hope USO show; Plunkett on base; b&w, color; 3.5 x 5 inches
12 photographs - Bob Hope USO show; color; 3.5 x 5 inches
18 photographs - Bing Crosby Pro Am golf tournament at Pebble Beach attended by Jerry Plunkett while stationed at Fort Ord, CA in 1972; color; 3.5 x 5 inches
37 photographs - Phu Bai; Jerry Plunkett next to hootch; Fort Ord, CA (rifle range, boot camp, barracks, company area); Danang; returning home from boot camp; color; various sizes
62 photographs - Jerry Plunkett (portrait, leaving for Vietnam, by his hootch, at the office, resting); base scenes; local civilians; Phu Bai; helicopters; Cam Ranh Bay; Danang; street scenes; markets and shops; residences; landscapes; b&w, color; various sizes
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- Box 1 [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D085.6]]
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Fort Ord U.S. Army Training Center Infantry Company C 5th Battalion 3rd Brigade yearbook (No Date)
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Correspondence (1970, No Date)
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Postcards and clippings (1970, No Date)
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The Northern Log 1971 (photocopy)
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Vietnamese stamps (No Date)
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Service records and financial records (1969-1972)
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Service records and financial records (1970-1972)
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Clippings, certificates/diplomas, discharge papers (1970-1975)
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Thank you notes, certificates, event programs, handouts (2015-2018, No Date)
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Certificate (Adell Plunkett) and image of Jerry Plunkett with siblings (ca. 1985, No Date)
- Perma Link
- https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=32970000000
- Citation
- Jerry D. Plunkett Collection (3297) Finding Aid, Jerry D. Plunkett Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=32970000000, Accessed 11 May 2026.
- Pub Credit Line
- 32970000000, Jerry D. Plunkett Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
- Added: 05 May 2022 [Updated: 21 Apr 2023]
Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive
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Address
Texas Tech University, Box 41041, Lubbock, TX 79409 -
Phone
(806)742-9010 -
Email
vnca@ttu.edu