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JOHNNY LEE PALMER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 6, 1940 – March 5, 1969
Service recordJohnny Lee Palmer, of Opa-Locka, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 48
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 6, 1940
- Home of record
- Opa-Locka, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1969; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 48
- ROBERT VERN JAYCorporal · March 5, 1969
- DENNIS GARY MERRYMANLance Corporal · March 5, 1969
- RANDY WARREN MOLKENTINECorporal · March 5, 1969
- JOHN ALEXANDER NOWAKOWSKISpecialist Four · March 5, 1969
From Opa-Locka
- LESTER KEYLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- CHARLES J HOFFMANN IIISpecialist Four · April 10, 1967
- MATTHEW OWEN MCKNIGHTFirst Lieutenant · October 18, 1967
- IAN WILLIAM ADAMITZSpecialist Four · December 14, 1967
- WILLIAM MARK ANDERSONPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- RONALD JAMES RHODESSergeant · March 4, 1968
- JAMES LARRY WALDENCorporal · February 6, 1970
- WILLIAM CLYDE HAGERICHPetty Officer First Class · February 20, 1970
- GREGORY ALLAN TYNESSpecialist Five · April 15, 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.