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DEMPSEY CHALMERS JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 12, 1947 – April 18, 1968
Service recordDempsey Chalmers JR, of Nesbit, Mississippi, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 18, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 37
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- November 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Nesbit, Mississippi (De Soto County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 37
- THOMAS EDWARD CARNEGIEFirst Lieutenant · April 18, 1968
- JAMES PHILLIP CLARKEPrivate First Class · April 18, 1968
- SAMUEL PAIGE COWAN JRSpecialist Four · April 18, 1968
- DAVID WALTER DORRISPrivate First Class · April 18, 1968
From Nesbit
- JAMES EDWARD MAXWELLSpecialist Four · February 6, 1972
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.