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EDWARD VINCENT PALMENTA
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 31, 1944 – June 11, 1969
Service recordEdward Vincent Palmenta, of Norwalk, Connecticut, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 25
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 31, 1944
- Home of record
- Norwalk, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 25
- BOBBY GLENN OLIVERSergeant · June 11, 1969
- DUANE ELMER OLSONSpecialist Four · June 11, 1969
- JOHN BOYD PARKERCorporal · June 11, 1969
- FLOYD LEON PITRESergeant First Class · June 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD MILTON BROWNStaff Sergeant · Panel 22W, Line 17
- RONALD GARY CROWEPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 19
- FRANK F DEMARIA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 19
- CHARLES DEE GREENPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 20
- FREDDY LEE HOLLOWAYCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 21
- EDWARD JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 22
- JACK CHARLES LEESpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 22
- FLOYD LEON PITRESergeant First Class · Panel 22W, Line 25
- DANIEL GEORGE REIDSergeant First Class · Panel 22W, Line 26
- KARL WILLIAM MILLSCaptain · Panel 22W, Line 27
- DOUGLAS LEE STRICKLANDSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 28
- JAMES CLARENCE STRUBECorporal · Panel 22W, Line 28
- TERRY LEE THORNTONPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 28
- BRUCE HAROLD TIBBETTSPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 28
- CLARK LEE VERN WILLIAMSCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 29
From Norwalk
- LARRY ALAN THORNEMajor · October 18, 1965
- ALBERT MICHAEL PREVOSTFirst Lieutenant · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH ORVILLE BROWNCaptain · April 19, 1966
- MICHAEL JOHN SCANLONCorporal · January 18, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS STEVENSSpecialist Five · June 10, 1967
- JAMES FABRIZIOPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- MARIO CHARLES CRUGNOLA JRPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS HENDRICKSPrivate First Class · October 6, 1968
- CHARLES W BACHMAN JRPrivate First Class · October 2, 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.