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GARY JAMES PALMER
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
October 2, 1947 – October 15, 1968
Service recordGary James Palmer, of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 15, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 65
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Bulk Fuel Specialist (1391)
- Born
- October 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania (Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 65
- HARRY LEE PUCKETTPrivate First Class · October 15, 1968
- JOSEPH HENRY RIFFLESpecialist Four · October 15, 1968
- CHARLES EUGENE SMITHCorporal · October 15, 1968
- OLLIE RAY STAPLETONSpecialist Four · October 15, 1968
From Bloomsburg
- ROBERT CHARLES HESSOMCommander · March 5, 1966
- TERRY RICHARD HINKLESpecialist Four · August 13, 1968
- ROGER LEE PIFERPrivate First Class · February 20, 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.