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BILLY JOE DEMARCO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 30, 1947 – June 6, 1970
Service recordBilly Joe Demarco, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 19
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Las Cruces, New Mexico (Dona Ana County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 19
- WILLIAM LARRY BYRDCaptain · June 6, 1970
- EVERETTE BRENT CALDWELLSergeant First Class · June 6, 1970
- MELVIN ERNEST DAVISSergeant First Class · June 6, 1970
- RICHARD DUANE PLINERChief Petty Officer · June 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JOHN BLANSCETCaptain · Panel 9W, Line 18
- GERALD LEONARD KALISSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 20
- JOSEPH SEBASTIAN SANCHEZSergeant First Class · Panel 9W, Line 21
From Las Cruces
- JOHN MILTON RISNERPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- JOE MAC KEMPCorporal · July 24, 1966
- ROBERT F CHAMBERLAINWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1966
- JUAN MANUEL ALBA ZAMORACorporal · July 18, 1967
- JOHN RAMAGE BARBOURPetty Officer Third Class · September 4, 1967
- DAVID REAY MALINSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1967
- WALTER CLIFFORD BUNYEA JRPrivate First Class · November 7, 1967
- ANDY ANASTACIO CABRERACorporal · January 3, 1968
- JESSE MECHEMFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1968
- CHARLE CORDOVA FLORESSpecialist Five · May 9, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.