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ARNOLD RALPH PALMER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 19, 1943 – July 4, 1967
Service recordArnold Ralph Palmer, of Independence, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 6
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Illumination Crewman (17E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- G BTRY 29 ARTY I FF
- Born
- October 19, 1943
- Home of record
- Independence, Iowa (Buchanan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1967; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “G BTRY 29 ARTY I FF”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 6
- ROBERT JOE OVERMYERLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- GEORGE ALEXANDER PACECorporal · July 4, 1967
- FRANK MARTIN PIETRASLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- WAYLEN LEE POWELLSpecialist Four · July 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ANDREAS MCCURRYSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 4
- WAYLEN LEE POWELLSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 6
From Independence
- MARTIN JOHN REIDYPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- MICHAEL LEE EWINGPrivate · June 11, 1968
- JOHN MILTON CONESergeant · November 17, 1969
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.