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TONY PALACIOS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 24, 1948 – April 8, 1969
Service recordTony Palacios, of Moorpark, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 40
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Moorpark, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 40
- CHARLES C DICKERSON JRSergeant · April 8, 1969
- GERARD PAUL PORTAStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1969
- ROBERT MICHAEL RASMUSSENCorporal · April 8, 1969
- ROLAND ARMAND RICHARDSpecialist Four · April 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS LEE ROADSSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 37
- TOWNSER STEELE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 41
- JIMMY ROGER WESTMORELANDPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 43
From Moorpark
- WALTER RODERICK RIGGSPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD MOORE JRSpecialist Four · July 8, 1968
- ARNOLD FALCON GARCIAPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- STEVEN G SKELLYSpecialist Four · November 13, 1969
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.