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ERNEST PALMIERI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 14, 1946 – December 8, 1966
Service recordErnest Palmieri, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 178 AVN CO AMER DIV
- Born
- February 14, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 23
- DONALD EUGENE JACKSONStaff Sergeant · December 8, 1966
- RONALD J MAHONEYPrivate First Class · December 8, 1966
- JOHN CHARLES MERCIERLance Corporal · December 8, 1966
- GEORGE CLYDE BEDDINGFIELDPrivate First Class · December 9, 1966
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.