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WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 20, 1943 – November 18, 1966
Service recordWilliam Allen Palenske, of San Jose, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 85
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 20, 1943
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 12E, Line 85
- JAMES WILLIS LEACHChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 18, 1966
- DONALD P SMITHSergeant · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND EUGENE SMOOTSpecialist Five · November 18, 1966
- FREDERICK PEARCE VICTORIAFirst Lieutenant · November 18, 1966
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 1966
- GEORGE J CARRILLO JRSpecialist Four · February 6, 1967
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.