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BRUCE CAMERON PALMER
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
August 20, 1948 – August 27, 1968
Service recordBruce Cameron Palmer, of Wyoming, Michigan, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1968, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 43
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Wyoming, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1968; two of them were lost in Vinh Long Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 43
- ROBERT PATRICK MCCORMICKStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1968
- ADOLFO VALENZUELA MORENOSergeant · August 27, 1968
- JAMES CHRISTIAN NAUCorporal · August 27, 1968
- HAROLD LECURNE ZUG JRSergeant · August 27, 1968
From Wyoming
- ROBIN LEE CHILVEREPetty Officer Third Class · April 30, 1967
- EDWARD JOHN WESSELSAirman Apprentice · July 29, 1967
- MICHAEL J SEADORFSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- ROBERT FRANKLIN NITZPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- FREDERICK LYLE KRUGERLance Corporal · March 19, 1968
- GEORGE ROBERT PECKHAMLance Corporal · April 4, 1968
- MARK KELLOGG HAGECorporal · August 5, 1968
- STEPHEN JOSEPH HOOGTERPPrivate First Class · October 11, 1968
- LARRY ALLEN BODELLWarrant Officer 1 · February 19, 1969
- RONALD J VANDENBERGSergeant · March 3, 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.