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Personal info

Full name
PALMER, Dolwood Ballard
Date of birth
3 October 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
Crystal, Mercer County, West Virginia
Hometown
Crystal, Mercer County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35655172
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
3912th Quartermaster Truck Company
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 September 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Julius O. Palmer (father)
Irene G. (Noble) Palmer (mother)
Thelma Palmer (sister)
Gladys Palmer (sister)
Julius O. Palmer Jr. (brother)
Elizabeth Palmer (sister)
Mary D. Palmer (sister)
Jaunita Palmer (sister)
Beatrice Palmer (sister)

More information

T/5 Dolwood B. Palmer was employed at the American Coal Company before he enlisted at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 26 March 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Biggs Family Tree / 1940 Census / Defense POW/MIA Acccounting Agency, www.findagrave.com - Gma Ray
Photo source: Peter Schouteten