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WILLIAM HERSCHELL PALMER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 7, 1942 – September 25, 1968
Service recordWilliam Herschell Palmer, of Abbeville, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1968, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 13
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Transport Operator (64C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- December 7, 1942
- Home of record
- Abbeville, Alabama (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1968; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 13
- HERBERT POK DONG CHOStaff Sergeant · September 25, 1968
- JAMES HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · September 25, 1968
- NORMAN MACLEOD PAULSENFirst Lieutenant · September 25, 1968
- DAVID THOMAS SEATONSergeant · September 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HARRY LEROY MAYESSpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 12
From Abbeville
- WILLIE TERRY WALKER JRSpecialist Four · March 20, 1970
- LEE ELDRIDGE GRIMSLEYCaptain · April 16, 1971
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.