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JOE MAURICIO PALACIO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 1, 1950 – December 1, 1970
Service recordJoe Mauricio Palacio, of Santa Ana, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 1, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 102
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- July 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Santa Ana, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 1, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 1, 1970; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 102
- WALTER DENNIS LAMBERTPetty Officer Third Class · December 1, 1970
- ARTHUR WEBSTER MACHEN IIICorporal · December 1, 1970
- RAYMOND BISHOP PENN JRLieutenant Colonel · December 1, 1970
- STEPHEN CHARLES SELLETTWarrant Officer 1 · December 1, 1970
From Santa Ana
- WILLIAM FORBES EISENBRAUNCaptain · July 5, 1965
- RUSSELL LAVERNE BISHOPSergeant · March 21, 1966
- CLYDE D MCDONALD IIPrivate First Class · March 25, 1966
- DONALD LEROY HEASTONPlatoon Sergeant · August 23, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE STOKESPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- DOMINGO ESCALANTE JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- GARY KENNETH SMITHSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- ROBERT ANTHONY CHAPPSergeant · April 14, 1967
- RALPH JEAN TURCOTTELance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- RODGER LEE FORTUNESpecialist Four · May 26, 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.