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DOUGLAS TERRY PALMER
Fireman · U.S. Navy
April 5, 1947 – August 23, 1966
Service recordDouglas Terry Palmer, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Fireman in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 29
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Fireman (FN)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fireman (FN)
- Born
- April 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Ship/Submarine Accident At Sea (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 29
- ANDRE LOUIS DUBECorporal · August 23, 1966
- R V EDWARDSLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES FRYERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- KENNETH LEE GLAZEStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1966
- PHILLIP HARRY GREGOPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.