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DENNIS DUWAYNE PALM
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 7, 1948 – May 10, 1969
Service recordDennis Duwayne Palm, of Varna, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 41
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Varna, Illinois (Marshall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 41
- HERBERT BURGESS MURPHYPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
- PATRICK EDWARD MURPHYPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
- REX FRANKLIN NELSON JRStaff Sergeant · May 10, 1969
- DELBERT PAT WRIGHTLance Corporal · May 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BENJAMIN CHARLES BLISSSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 35
- JAMES CRAIG DEWARPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 37
From Varna
- LARRY ALLEN JOHNSONSergeant · September 20, 1968
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.