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MICHAEL ANDRE R DEMAGNIN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 8, 1945 – November 1, 1969
Service recordMichael Andre R Demagnin, of Ridgewood, New Jersey, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 12
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Training Officer (2520)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- April 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Ridgewood, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1969; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 12
- CHARLES F DANIELSON JRWarrant Officer 1 · November 1, 1969
- OLIVER EVANS DEAL JRSecond Lieutenant · November 1, 1969
- LARRY DAVID DUPRECorporal · November 1, 1969
- ALLEN THOMAS ELDER JRMaster Sergeant · November 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- OLIVER COLEMAN JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 16W, Line 11
- GILBERT EARL WALLACEStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 16
From Ridgewood
- WILLIAM WARD NICHOLS JRCaptain · October 4, 1965
- CLEMENT OLIN STEVENSON JRLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
- EDWIN STEVEN BRAGUE JRFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1967
- DAVID JAMES GUNSTERMajor · June 6, 1968
- JAY JULIUS SCHMIDSergeant · December 7, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS CRIKELAIRSergeant · August 6, 1969
- BRUCE CARLTON FRYARLieutenant · January 2, 1970
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.