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LUCO WILLIAM PALMA
Seaman · U.S. Navy
June 27, 1950 – September 18, 1970
Service recordLuco William Palma, of Tewksbury, Massachusetts, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 18, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 72
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- June 27, 1950
- Home of record
- Tewksbury, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 72
- TODD WHITNEY OTTMANPrivate First Class · September 18, 1970
- EDWARD LEE REYNOLDSSpecialist Four · September 18, 1970
- LAWRENCE C WILLIAMS JRPetty Officer Third Class · September 18, 1970
- MARK EVAN HAMBLETONStaff Sergeant · September 19, 1970
From Tewksbury
- GEORGE ARTHUR KYRICOSLance Corporal · August 23, 1968
- DAVID MICHAEL MORRISWarrant Officer 1 · November 14, 1968
- RICHARD GIRARD MORINCaptain · December 20, 1968
- ROBERT EVERETT SPIRESSpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- WAYNE CLOUSE ALLENSergeant First Class · January 10, 1970
- DANIEL KENNETH ERLANDSONSpecialist Four · January 17, 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.