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Duncan
Palmer
POW (Korea)

Born:

Washington

, 

D. C.

Home:

Sacramento

, 

California

Duncan Palmer graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1944.

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Air Force

    Rank:

    Captain

    Batallion:

    39th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

    Regiment:

    35th Fighter-Interceptor Wing

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (North Korea)

    Action Date:

    April 20, 1951 – September 6, 1953
    NARA Database: Repatriated Korean Conflict Prisoners of War, 7/5/1950 – 10/6/1954

    Captain Duncan Palmer (AFSN: 0-15921), United States Air Force, was captured by communist forces after he was shot down over North Korea on 20 April 1951, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his release on 6 September 1953, during Operation Big Switch at the end of the war.