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LAWRENCE DEMILIO
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 11, 1950 – May 17, 1969
Service recordLawrence Demilio, of Levittown, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 17, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 29
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 11, 1950
- Home of record
- Levittown, Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 29
- ROBERT WARREN ANDREWS JRPetty Officer Second Class · May 17, 1969
- DAVID ROCKWELL CROCKER JRCaptain · May 17, 1969
- JERRY LEW EWINGSpecialist Four · May 17, 1969
- JAMES RONALD FIELDSSergeant · May 17, 1969
From Levittown
- JOSEPH PAUL YATSKO JRFirst Lieutenant · December 18, 1965
- JOHN WILLIAM THOMASSpecialist Four · January 10, 1966
- ALAN ROBERT SCHULTZLance Corporal · August 11, 1967
- PATRICK ROBERT ROYPrivate First Class · December 16, 1967
- THEODORE K KALEIKINI JRSergeant · January 18, 1968
- DENNIS THOMAS CUNNANEPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- JAMES WALKER GUESTPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- STEVEN MICHAEL BEZENSKISpecialist Five · March 26, 1968
- STANLEY R STELLMACH JRSergeant · April 14, 1968
- MICHAEL FRANCIS DEENY IIIPrivate First Class · May 21, 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.