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HENRY VAN DEMPS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 4, 1944 – August 22, 1966
Service recordHenry Van Demps, of Plant City, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 26
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Plant City, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 10E, Line 26
- BOBBY GLYNN CORSISergeant · August 22, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD HEATHSpecialist Four · August 22, 1966
- MICHAEL LEWISPrivate First Class · August 22, 1966
- BILLY RAY OWENSSpecialist Four · August 22, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL LEWISPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 26
From Plant City
- DEREX WILLIAMS JRCaptain · August 23, 1967
- WILLIAM EDGAR JERKINSAirman First Class · September 4, 1967
- EMORY STEPHEN CANNONPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
- CARLOS LARUE KNIGHTSergeant · June 12, 1968
- RONALD KEITH GROOMSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- JAMES ARNOLD LISENBYCorporal · August 13, 1968
- DONNIE EDWARD WATSONCorporal · September 23, 1968
- DAVID T MOORESergeant · January 11, 1969
- ROBERT DALE DIXONStaff Sergeant · June 3, 1969
- ISOM JUNIOR GOODWINECorporal · December 27, 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.