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DAVID KEITH DEMOREST
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 21, 1946 – November 16, 1967
Service recordDavid Keith Demorest, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 1
- JESSIE WENDELL CONNERPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- RAYMOND PRATER COXCorporal · November 16, 1967
- PAUL MARVIN CRONK JRSpecialist Four · November 16, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES HOOVERPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RALPH EUGENE BYRDCorporal · Panel 29E, Line 103
- W C JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 3
- WILLIAM VELILLAPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 5
From Grand Rapids
- MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MORONEYCaptain · December 14, 1965
- HERMAN LEROY HUEYSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID ORIN BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GARY SCOTT FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE FAUGHTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- EVERETTE ARTHUR THOMPSONPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- MATTHEW GEORGE MIEDEMAPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
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.