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JAMES EDWARD PALMERI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 2, 1948 – February 26, 1969
Service recordJames Edward Palmeri, of Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1969; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 71
- VAN HARVEY PEARSONSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
- THOMAS VICTOR PILSONStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1969
- HENRY LEROY QUIGLEYSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
- RONALD LEEROY QUIGLEYPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- JOHN RANDY TENNANTSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
From Shelburne Falls
- PAUL THOMAS LOONEYCaptain · May 10, 1967
- RONALD EDWARD WISSMANSpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- WILLIAM KIMBAL BATCHELDERPetty Officer First Class · May 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.