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NICKOLAS R PALUMBO JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 29, 1944 – August 29, 1967
Service recordNickolas R Palumbo JR, of Maple Heights, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 29, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 29, 1944
- Home of record
- Maple Heights, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 65
- GEORGE EUGENE CAHILLStaff Sergeant · August 29, 1967
- RICHARD LEE SCADUTOStaff Sergeant · August 29, 1967
- STANTON JAMES SETKALance Corporal · August 29, 1967
- ROMAN SISNEROSPrivate First Class · August 29, 1967
From Maple Heights
- GEORGE BRUCE MENGESMajor · January 2, 1967
- MARCO JOSEPH BARUZZISpecialist Four · February 3, 1967
- TERRY JOHN PERKOLance Corporal · February 21, 1967
- WALTER JOSEPH NERAD JRCorporal · March 30, 1967
- LOUIS ALLAN SNAKOVSKY JRPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- CECIL BOYD WAGNER JRCorporal · September 29, 1968
- THOMAS JAMES SCHNEIDERSpecialist Four · July 2, 1969
- BARRY ROBERT CLARKCorporal · September 5, 1969
- ALAN DAVID MARTINStaff Sergeant · May 17, 1970
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.