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ERNEST PATRICK PALCIC
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 17, 1948 – January 24, 1968
Service recordErnest Patrick Palcic, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 24, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 26
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 17, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1968; five of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 26
- FRANCIS PENNETTILance Corporal · January 24, 1968
- GREGORY FRANCIS POPOWITZLance Corporal · January 24, 1968
- RAMIRO RIOS RAMIREZPrivate First Class · January 24, 1968
- JOHN ONDERDONK ROESLERCaptain · January 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ROBERT FAVORPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 21
- JON LESLIE GRIMMETTSergeant · Panel 35E, Line 21
- GEORGE JOSEPH HOLLY IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 22
- FERDINAND J KORNICK JRCorporal · Panel 35E, Line 23
- WILLIAM W MCCLENDON JRCorporal · Panel 35E, Line 25
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.