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GEORGE ROBERT PALERMO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 11, 1944 – June 2, 1969
Service recordGeorge Robert Palermo, of Boston, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 11, 1944
- Home of record
- Boston, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 46
- FRANCIS RUSSELL MCGOWANSergeant · June 2, 1969
- KENNETH REX MCNEILLPrivate First Class · June 2, 1969
- DONALD JOHN PORTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1969
- ROBERT LESLIE POXONFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1969
From Boston
- ORIEN JUDSON WALKER JRMajor · May 23, 1965
- SEYMOUR PATRICK SADBERRYPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- STEPHEN JOSEPH STERITIPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- BRUCE ELLSWORTH JASONStaff Sergeant · September 13, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD JOYCE JRFirst Lieutenant · November 16, 1966
- JOHN H JOYCEMajor · December 21, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH CONNERSPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS MURRAYCorporal · April 26, 1967
- LEO JOSEPH SULLIVAN JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- BOBBY LEE FINNEYSpecialist Four · June 22, 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.