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DONALD ROGER DESMARAIS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 30, 1949 – October 22, 1969
Service recordDonald Roger Desmarais, of Fairhaven, Massachusetts, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 22, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 105
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- May 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Fairhaven, Massachusetts (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 105
- RICHARD HAYWARD GREENEStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1969
- PAUL ARNOLD HUGHESSpecialist Five · October 22, 1969
- KENNETH ARTHUR KUBIKSecond Lieutenant · October 22, 1969
- SHELBY MARCENE LONGSpecialist Four · October 22, 1969
From Fairhaven
- DAVID ALAN DROWNSpecialist Four · March 27, 1967
- PETER WILLIAM ROYPrivate First Class · December 5, 1967
- HENRY ANTHONY CHEVALIERSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
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.