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JOHN CHARLES DEMARR JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 30, 1947 – August 2, 1968
Service recordJohn Charles Demarr JR, of White Plains, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 49
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 30, 1947
- Home of record
- White Plains, Maryland (Charles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 49
- WILLIAM CHARLES CUESergeant · August 2, 1968
- MARTIN JOSEPH DAVISSpecialist Four · August 2, 1968
- CHARLES HILTON DELLINGERSeaman · August 2, 1968
- RONALD HARVEY DYEPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHESTER ANTON WRIGHTSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 1
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.