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ANTHONY PAUL PALUMBO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 6, 1947 – May 12, 1968
Service recordAnthony Paul Palumbo, of Buffalo, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 10
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Buffalo, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 10
- ARTHUR ELLIOTT NULL JRSpecialist Five · May 12, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES OCONNOR JRPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- WARREN ROBERT ORR JRCaptain · May 12, 1968
- WILLIAM PATECorporal · May 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PHILIP MILTON WOOTENPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 16
From Buffalo
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- KENNETH DAVID STANKIEWICZLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- HENRY JOHN PAWLICK JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1965
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- WILBUR CURRY JRStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES DOSTERCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MICHAEL KELLY MCGUIREAirman · February 16, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.