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Chester Plummer

1945–1976

United States

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Chester Maurice Plummer, Jr. (December 13, 1945 – July 25, 1976) was a taxi driver in the Washington, D.C. area of the United States who was shot and killed while attempting to invade the White House. Plummer was one of nine children born to Chester Maurice Plummer, Sr.

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