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RAYMOND BARELA PALMA
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 6, 1949 – December 27, 1967
Service recordRaymond Barela Palma, of Pacoima, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 27, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 79
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Pacoima, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
88 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1967; 35 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 79
- JOHNSON MINNITEE JRPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES MINORCorporal · December 27, 1967
- BEN OWENSSergeant · December 27, 1967
- MICHAEL LEE PARKERLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
From Pacoima
- WILLIAM GARCIASpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- LUIS OLMOSPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- RODERICK CHARLES PORTELLOStaff Sergeant · January 24, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD ADAMSSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- HOWARD DEXTER GERSHENPrivate First Class · February 23, 1967
- WARREN H SCHROBILGEN JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- RONALD JAMES PERKINSLance Corporal · November 17, 1967
- DANIEL JOHN VILLEGASPlatoon Sergeant · February 11, 1968
- JORDAN JAY OZANNEPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- EDUARDO VELOZSergeant · August 5, 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.