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STEVEN LEONARD PALMQUIST
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 11, 1949 – October 2, 1968
Service recordSteven Leonard Palmquist, of Kerman, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 2, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 63
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Kerman, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 63
- CARL W MYLLYMAKI IIIFirst Lieutenant · October 2, 1968
- ROBERT C PROFILETCaptain · October 2, 1968
- EDWARD LLOYD SAENZPrivate First Class · October 2, 1968
- JIMMY ANDREW SMALLWOODStaff Sergeant · October 2, 1968
From Kerman
- JAMES BILL ROGOFFSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- JOSEPH CAUDILLOCaptain · May 3, 1967
- CALVIN RAY PRATERPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- SILVESTRE MARTINEZ RIVERASergeant · May 14, 1970
- GARY WAYNE RAGSDALELance Corporal · June 14, 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.