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JOSH PALM JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 21, 1944 – October 5, 1966
Service recordJosh Palm JR, of Alexandria, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 50
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 11E, Line 50
- DAVID LEE OWENSLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- WALTER FRANKLIN PAYNEStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1966
- JOHN RUSSELL SMITHLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- RODNEY GARDNER THORNTONSergeant · October 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN GREEN DICKERSON IIIPrivate · Panel 11E, Line 49
From Alexandria
- MICHAEL JOSEPH TUNNEYFirst Lieutenant · October 6, 1962
- ROBERT SMITH SRSergeant · October 21, 1966
- LAWRENCE EUGENE BESSONPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- JIMMY DARWIN GOLMONSergeant · December 20, 1966
- LEONARD WAYNE ELIEPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- GILL LESTER CARTERAirman · August 17, 1967
- WILLIAM ALAN GILMORELance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- CHARLES WADDELL ROBERTSSergeant · September 21, 1967
- FLOYD CAMILLE LACHNEYSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- MICHAEL COTTONPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
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.