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BRYAN JOE DEMELLO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 6, 1948 – September 18, 1969
Service recordBryan Joe Demello, of Palo Alto, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 18, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 109
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Palo Alto, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 109
- JAMES BETANCOURTLance Corporal · September 18, 1969
- DANNY CAROL CRAVENSPrivate First Class · September 18, 1969
- MACK DENNARD JRSergeant · September 18, 1969
- DAVID LEE HOLLMANCorporal · September 18, 1969
From Palo Alto
- GORDON LEE PAGEColonel · March 7, 1966
- RODNEY CLEVELAND UPCHURCHPrivate First Class · July 29, 1966
- ROGER C HALLBERGSergeant First Class · March 24, 1967
- KIERAN JOHN STARRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1967
- DAVID JOHN UCKERLance Corporal · October 11, 1967
- RICHARD ARLAN STONESergeant · November 6, 1967
- DON PRIENSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- MICHAEL DURYEA LEEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- JOHN DENIS PETERSCorporal · May 29, 1968
- PAUL ROSARIO LOFORTIWarrant Officer 1 · November 23, 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.