More detail on this person: James R Plummer He was born to George and Mildred Plummer at Tekamah, Neb. He attended school in Tekamah and Blair, Neb., where he graduated from high school in 1948. His education continued at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, where he graduated from their Naval ROTC program in 1952, as a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps, with a Bachelor of Science degree in education. He later earned a master's degree in education from Pepperdine University in California. After his retirement from the Marine Corps, he went back to school and earned a bachelor's degree in accounting and computer science from Idaho State University. Jim was an active duty Marine for 24 years, retiring as a lieutenant colonel. He began his military career as an infantry officer in Korea, then served a tour of duty in Bermuda. He then went to flight school in Pensacola, Fla. He also saw duty in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, California, Okinawa, Japan, and served three tours of duty in Vietnam, as a helicopter pilot. He was part of the first Marine helicopter squadron to go into Vietnam in 1962. After his retirement from the Marine Corps, Jim moved with his family to Heyburn, Idaho. He taught school in both Cassia and Minidoka counties, worked at Cassia County Abstract and had his own bookkeeping business. He was an active member of the First Presbyterian Church in Burley, the Mini-Cassia Board of Community Guardians, the Rotary Club, the Marine Corps League, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans and the Snake River Fliers. Jim married Nancy Story in 1952, and had three daughters. He was later divorced. He married Jean McDonald at Corona del Mar, Calif., on Aug. 31, 1962. He and Jean had two daughters.
Burial information: Riverside Cemetery, Heyburn, ID
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