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Frank J. Plocki
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Rank
Chief Boatswain's Mate, U.S. Navy
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Date of Death
May 6, 1951
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Chief Boatswain's Mate Plocki was a veteran of World War II, serving aboard the cruiser USS QUINCY during the Normandy invasion. During the Korean war he was a member of an underwater salvage team in the United States. On May 6, 1951, his team was trying to recover a Phantom jet fighter from the bottom of Lake Michigan, about a half mile offshore from Evanston, Illinois. The salvage ship overturned killing him and two other team members. |
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