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DAVID LESLIE PALMER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 13, 1949 – May 12, 1970
Service recordDavid Leslie Palmer, of North Highlands, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 30
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 Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 13, 1949
- Home of record
- North Highlands, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1970; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 30
- ROBERT CHARLES THOMPSONSpecialist Four · May 12, 1970
- STEPHEN LEO YONTZSergeant · May 12, 1970
- JOHN BENJAMIN ABBATEMARCOSergeant · May 13, 1970
- RONALD MICHAEL ANTWINESpecialist Four · May 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT CHILDRESS JRCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 22
- THEODORE GLENN DREWPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 23
- ROBERT EARL GREENCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 24
- TERRANCE LEE HOODSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 25
- ROBERT HENRY JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 25
- ROBERT LEE LEMONSSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 26
- CHARLES DARNELL MCMAHANStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 27
- BRIAN STANLEY ORRCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 27
- GREG EUGENE WEIGHTMANSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 27
- STEPHEN LEO YONTZSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 30
From North Highlands
- RUSSELL EDWARD METZGERCorporal · June 4, 1966
- JAMES CHARLES KROUSETechnical Sergeant · October 3, 1967
- STEPHEN RENIER TUBREFirst Lieutenant · August 31, 1968
- MICHAEL ARCHIE BLAKEYSpecialist Four · January 14, 1969
- RANDOLPH BROWN JRLance Corporal · February 12, 1969
- ROY EDWARD PITTSPrivate First Class · February 17, 1969
- DANIEL W LAWSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1969
- MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER SMARTTCorporal · December 31, 1972
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.