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EDWIN DAVID PALMGREN
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
January 5, 1927 – April 22, 1968
Service recordEdwin David Palmgren, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on April 22, 1968, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 428 TFS
- Born
- January 5, 1927
- Home of record
- Winston-Salem, North Carolina (Forsyth County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 22, 1968
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1968. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 51E, Line 32
- THOMAS FRANCIS NORTONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM PARCELLance Corporal · April 22, 1968
- HENRY PASILLASSpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
- MICHAEL GLEN PRICEPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
From Winston-Salem
- JAMES WALTER FLOYDPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- RICHARD KENNETH JORDANCaptain · October 22, 1965
- JOHN CONNOR JRStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1966
- EUGENE GERALD ARMSTRONG JRChief Warrant Officer 4 · May 1, 1966
- LARRY RAYMOND LAMBERTPrivate First Class · September 11, 1966
- GARY GRANT RUSHINGPrivate First Class · October 27, 1966
- DOUGLAS WAYNE LEECorporal · March 26, 1967
- WALTER EARL MUNNSLance Corporal · March 27, 1967
- KENNETH MAURICE BURNETTPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- CLYDE ULAND MITCHELLCorporal · May 18, 1967
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.