SMN John Adams Palmer
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SMN John Adams Palmer

Birth
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Death
4 May 1945 (aged 19)
At Sea
Cenotaph
Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA Add to Map
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Section G, Map 1, Lot 18, Space 13, 2nd marker from curb #18
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Hospital Apprentice Palmer was Killed in Action, while serving on the U.S.S. Luce, DD 522. The U.S.S. Luce was sunk by a Japanese kamikaze plane off of Okinawa. Palmer's body was not recovered. His name is listed on the Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Hawaii. Palmer was awarded the Purple Heart.
Hospital Apprentice Palmer was Killed in Action, while serving on the U.S.S. Luce, DD 522. The U.S.S. Luce was sunk by a Japanese kamikaze plane off of Okinawa. Palmer's body was not recovered. His name is listed on the Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Hawaii. Palmer was awarded the Purple Heart.

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JOHN ADAMS PALMER H.A.1/C U.S.N.R.
FEB. 3, 1926 — MAY 4, 1945
U.S.S. LUCE D. D. 522
LOST OFF OKINAWA

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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14878629/john_adams-palmer: accessed ), memorial page for SMN John Adams Palmer (3 Feb 1926–4 May 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 14878629, citing Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA; Maintained by Randy (contributor 46846747).