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KENNETH EDWARD DEMORE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 2, 1950 – December 12, 1969
Service recordKenneth Edward Demore JR, of Medford, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 12, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 49
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Medford, New Jersey (Burlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 12, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 12, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 49
- RAYMOND RICHARD PISENO JRSecond Lieutenant · December 11, 1969
- GERALD LEE BALDWINCorporal · December 12, 1969
- ALBERT FRANK BAST JRSpecialist Four · December 12, 1969
- JAMES WALTER BISHOPSergeant · December 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE GUSTAVE REMUTHPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 52
From Medford
- STEPHEN JOHN SALUGA IIISpecialist Five · October 19, 1968
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.