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JOHN THOMAS DEMALINE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 13, 1945 – August 30, 1966
Service recordJohn Thomas Demaline, of St Petersburg, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 13, 1945
- Home of record
- St Petersburg, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 57
- KENNETH DALE ROBINSONColonel · June 16, 1966
- SAMMIE DON HOFFMajor · July 23, 1966
- WILLIAM REINHART BUFFCorporal · August 30, 1966
- PATRICK JOSEPH CONNORSPrivate First Class · August 30, 1966
From St Petersburg
- PETER R COYMANStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- JOHNIE KING CULBREATHSpecialist Four · May 11, 1965
- JAMES WILLIAM BARKSDALESergeant · November 6, 1965
- ARTHUR R MOODY IIISergeant · November 17, 1965
- WILLARD FRANCIS ELDERSergeant · December 27, 1965
- ROBERT CARLOS BOWMANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- MICHAEL THOMAS MURPHYPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- DAVID YOUNGSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- LAWRENCE CHRISTIAN CLAUSENSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- JOSEPH WIGGINSSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
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.