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SAMMY RAY PALMER
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 16, 1948 – December 13, 1968
Service recordSammy Ray Palmer, of Marietta, Mississippi, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 13, 1968, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · 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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Marietta, Mississippi (Prentiss County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quang Duc Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 19
- ROY STOWESpecialist Four · December 13, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL VANWEYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1968
- MARION FRANK WALDEN JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1968
- SAMUEL FRANKLIN WALKER JRChief Master Sergeant · December 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD RAY ALLEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36W, Line 13
- EDDIE JOE NEELEYSpecialist Five · Panel 36W, Line 17
From Marietta
- JIMMIE RAY ISBELLSpecialist Four · December 21, 1965
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.