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GERARD VINCENT PALMA
Captain · U.S. Army
September 24, 1941 – April 19, 1969
Service recordGerard Vincent Palma, of Hammonton, New Jersey, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 8
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- September 24, 1941
- Home of record
- Hammonton, New Jersey (Atlantic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1969; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 8
- GAYLEN RAY GALLIONCorporal · April 19, 1969
- RICHARD LAMAR HANNONCorporal · April 19, 1969
- LARRY NEIL HARPERCorporal · April 19, 1969
- JOSEPH K HOLLINGSWORTHPrivate First Class · April 19, 1969
From Hammonton
- GEORGE ABRAHAM DELUCAMaster Sergeant · August 13, 1965
- ROBERT JOSEPH DOUGHERTYPrivate First Class · June 21, 1967
- DONALD ERNEST HEGGANFirst Lieutenant · July 20, 1968
- RAFAEL MELENDEZPrivate First Class · February 6, 1969
- CARL STEVEN MERLINOMajor · October 14, 1971
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.