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LARRY RAY PALMER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 28, 1946 – September 10, 1967
Service recordLarry Ray Palmer, of Elmhurst, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 10, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 49
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Elmhurst, Illinois (Du Page County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
66 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 49
- JOHN THOMAS MCDANIELPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- THOMAS JOHN MCMAHONPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- SIMON ADOLPH NAQUINCorporal · September 10, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANK PELTONCorporal · September 10, 1967
From Elmhurst
- JACK ARTHUR SCHNEIDERPrivate First Class · June 4, 1966
- THOMAS JEROME LESTONPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- STEVE JOHN CHURCHILLPrivate · May 18, 1967
- JOHN HENRY CURTINFirst Lieutenant · January 2, 1968
- JAMES THOMAS CUMMINGS JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
- DAVID RONALD BURKES JRCorporal · June 28, 1968
- LAWRENCE CARROLL ROSEStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1968
- STEVEN ROBERT MAJORFirst Lieutenant · September 21, 1968
- KENNETH ERWIN STEINHEBELCorporal · February 23, 1969
- DAVID EDWARD SCHULZEPrivate First Class · March 1, 1969
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.