Palmer Henry Brewster

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Henry Brewster Palmer is honored on the following 3 monument(s) in our database:

American Volunteer Monument Paris

The Lafayette Escadrille Heroes Memorial

ISOB Henry Palmer

Name:

Henry Brewster Palmer

Rank:

Corporal

Serial Number:

Unit:

Lafayette Escadrille

Date of Death:

1917-11-12

State:

New York

Cemetery:

Lafayette Escadrille Memorial, Marnes la Coqu

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

French Croix de Guerre

Comments:

Born December 25, 1887, in Rochester, New York. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Palmer. Home, New York City. Educated St. George's School, Newport, Rhode Island, and Harvard University, Class of 1910. Bond business, New York and San Francisco. Joined American Field Service, June 24, 1916; attached Section Three in France and the Balkans to May 11, 1917. Enlisted Lafayette Flying Corps, June 7, 1917. Trained and breveted, Avord. Died of pneumonia, November 12, 1917, at Pau.