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HUBERT PALMER
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 31, 1930 – February 15, 1969
Service recordHubert Palmer, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 39
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 299 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- October 31, 1930
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1969
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 39
- WILLIAM CLINTON NIEDECKENLieutenant (junior grade) · February 15, 1969
- DENNIS COLE NORTHSergeant · February 15, 1969
- WILLIAM RIVERA-GARCIASergeant · February 15, 1969
- RICHARD AMBROSE WALSH IIIColonel · February 15, 1969
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
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.