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Personal info

Full name
PALMER, Henry Dean
Date of birth
14 March 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Pickens, Pickens County, South Carolina
Hometown
Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
34890631
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 October 1944
Place of death
Near Embernénil, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 38 7

Immediate family

Members
William H. Palmer (father)
Martha G. (Williams) Palmer (mother)
Elsie P. Palmer (sister)
William R. Palmer (brother)
Wesley Palmer (brother)
James F. Palmer (brother)
Carrie E. Palmer (sister)
Ruby E. (Vaughn) Palmer (wife)
Perry D. Palmer (son)

More information

Pfc Henry D. Palmer was employed at the Duncan Mill before he enlisted at Camp Croft, South Carolina on 19 August 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell Fragments.

His brother James F. Palmer is remembered on the Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Emerson Milam Family Tree, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Gma Ray / 50thAIB, www.newspapers.com - The Greenville News - 22 November 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / 50thAIB