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ROBERT JOSEPH PALENSCAR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 10, 1947 – May 19, 1968
Service recordRobert Joseph Palenscar, of New Hyde Park, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · Line 19
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 10, 1947
- Home of record
- New Hyde Park, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1968; six of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 63E, Line 19
- EDWIN GRANT NEWELLSergeant · May 19, 1968
- WILLIAM BERNARD THOMPSONPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- WALLACE R THORSON JRLance Corporal · May 19, 1968
- DWIGHT THEODORE VALRIEPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MELVIN ARLEIGH ALLENSergeant · Panel 63E, Line 4
- WILLIAM CLARENCE BALDWINCorporal · Panel 63E, Line 4
- JOSEPH A BODNARFirst Lieutenant · Panel 63E, Line 5
- OVERTIS HINTON JRCorporal · Panel 63E, Line 10
- GUY LEONARD JEWETTSergeant · Panel 63E, Line 11
- ALBERTO L PEREZPrivate First Class · Panel 63E, Line 16
- JAYE ARTHUR SHARPESergeant · Panel 63E, Line 18
- KENNETH RICHARD WILSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 64E, Line 2
From New Hyde Park
- LEO VINCENT SILBERTPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS OGRADYColonel · April 10, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH FINNEGANPrivate First Class · May 28, 1967
- JOHN DIDOMIZIOPrivate · September 4, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH GALLAGHERSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- RICHARD MICHAEL PROSCIAPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH BURKECaptain · February 5, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL RUPERTSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- RALPH WILLIAM MANNERSFirst Lieutenant · August 26, 1968
- JOHN RAYMOND FERRAZZANOCorporal · October 17, 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.