General Bruce Palmer, Jr., one of the most important U.S. Army commanders of the Vietnam War and one of three founders of the Army Historical Foundation, died on 10 October, 2000 in Alexandria, VA, after a stroke. He was 87.

During the Vietnam War, General Palmer commanded II Field Force, the largest U.S. Army combat command in Vietnam, from March to July 1967. During his tenure as commander, the II Field Force conducted Operations Junction City and Manhattan, the two largest operations of the war to that time.

From July 1967 to June 1968, GEN Palmer served as the deputy commander of U.S. Army, Vietnam (USARV). Although GEN William Westmoreland, commander of Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV) also held the title of USARV commander, the USARV deputy commander actually ran the Army’s day-to-day operations.