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Maryland Department of State Police

End of Watch: 4/9/1961
Age: 36
Years of Service: 15
Cause of Death: Aircraft Accident
National Memorial Panel: 17-E: 9

Trooper First Class Plummer was killed in a plane crash while trying to locate an individual on Assateague Island. After locating the individual and attempting to take off, the plane crashed on the beach.​