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JOHN THOMAS DEMARCHES
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
August 1, 1933 – October 24, 1969
Service recordJohn Thomas Demarches, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 24, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 112
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 1, 1933
- Home of record
- Bowling Green, Kentucky (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1969
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 112
- RODNEY RAY COLLINSPrivate First Class · October 24, 1969
- JOSEPH ROBERT HAGY JRPrivate First Class · October 24, 1969
- RALPH WILLIAM JOHNSONSergeant · October 24, 1969
- HENRY RAYMOND LAMBERTStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GARY WILLIAM BRUHNPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 111
- JERRY LEON WAGESSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 115
From Bowling Green
- JOHN WILLIAM MILLERLance Corporal · October 8, 1966
- BOBBY LEE HAYESStaff Sergeant · February 7, 1967
- LARRY CLAY DYELance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- LEON JERRY SHRUMSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- ROGER DALE PUCKETTPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- JEFFREY WALLACE GREENFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1968
- GEORGE EDWARD SWEATTPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- HERMAN DAVID ROBERTSPrivate First Class · July 11, 1968
- SHERRILL NEWTON HERALDSergeant · October 4, 1968
- PAUL ELLIS GARRETTLieutenant Colonel · March 8, 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.