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KENNETH OSCAR PALMER
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 5, 1935 – June 13, 1968
Service recordKenneth Oscar Palmer, of Coventry, Rhode Island, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 12
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 5, 1935
- Home of record
- Coventry, Rhode Island (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 12
- ALAN RICHARD LYMANCorporal · June 13, 1968
- MICHAEL LEON PHILLIPSFirst Lieutenant · June 13, 1968
- RONALD DEAN POOLELance Corporal · June 13, 1968
- GARY LYLE RICHARDSONCorporal · June 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY GENE EVANSSpecialist Four · Panel 57W, Line 8
- NORMAN ELLIOTT LODHOLMPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 8
- EDMOND JUNIOR GREERCorporal · Panel 57W, Line 9
- JAMES LEWIS JENNINGSPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 10
- CRAIG LEE SEIDELSpecialist Four · Panel 57W, Line 13
- MILO HERSEY STRATTONSergeant · Panel 57W, Line 14
From Coventry
- JOHN JOSEPH APPOLONIAPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- DANIEL RAYMOND NELSONPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- DAVID WILLIAM LILLEYSergeant · January 9, 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.