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> Military History/Record: U. S. Army, June 27, 1972, to May 1, 1979, Honorable Discharge, Rank: E-6 (Staff Sergeant- Infantryman/Physical Activities Specialist) Duties: MOS-11B20 (Infantryman/Grenadier) MOS-11B10 (Machine Gunner) MOS-11B30..(Squad Leader/Platoon Leader) Assignments: June, 1972, to August, 1973, Training Stations. September, 1973, to May, 1975, Fort Campbell, Kentucky. May, .1975, to July, 1975, Non-Commissioned Officers School, Fort Ord, California. July, 1975, to February, -1977, Fort Campbell, Kentucky. February, 1977, to March, 1978, Overseas Assignment (Korea). April, 1978, to May, 1979, Fort Ord, California. Michael Lee Platt led an uneventful childhood, being the son of career military U. S. Navy Petty Officer (Corpsman), Michael Platt lived in the city of his birth, ; Salifornia, until approximately 1965, at which time his father was transferred to Pear lee etiae ti. and assigned h duty on a hospital ship. In 1966, was reassigned to bie the Naval Air Station, Alameda, caMeene ana the family lived there for approximatel months. In 1977, the family moved to Yuma, Arizona, where was stationed until his retirement from the Uvs. . ichael Platt graduated from KOFA High School at Yuma, Arizona, in 1972. He was an accomplished athlete in the games of football, basketball and baseball. Immediately after graduation, Platt joined the U. 5S. Army, taking his basic training at Fort Ord, California. : ' J ning, Platt applied s ubsequently entered ort Can f Kentuc Lak a + * While in Army basic trai Army Airborne Ranger Training an Paratrooper Air Assault School at & F a S assigne ifitary Police Unit at that facility, and it was in this duty assignment that he met, and served in the same unit with William Russell Matix. Platt also met his first wife, Regina Baede £8 Sr | DP nw de ee lee aL --- = Lylen, while stationed at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and they were married on October 31, 1975. : When Platt went to Korea in 1977, his wife, Regina, remained stateside while he served approximately one year at Camp =~ * v7 — three i ™ - 38th — a 67 | -_ ~2- “of . Saree