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MICHAEL GEORGE DEMORE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 15, 1945 – August 20, 1969
Service recordMichael George Demore, of Berlin, Connecticut, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 77
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Berlin, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 77
- JOSEPH EDWARD BUGAR JRCorporal · August 20, 1969
- DAVID LOUIS CAUSEYPrivate First Class · August 20, 1969
- FREDERICO V DELA-CRUZCorporal · August 20, 1969
- STANISLAW JOSEPH DROZDZPrivate First Class · August 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FREDERICO V DELA-CRUZCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 77
- GARY DAVID GRABERPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 78
- JERRY WILLIAM HILLSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 79
- MILTON JOHN MENDOZACorporal · Panel 19W, Line 79
- JIMMY LEWIS JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 80
- FRANK RODNEY NESTORPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 80
- JOSEPH JOHN PAPARELLOPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 81
- CLYDE EDWARD PHIFER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 81
- MAXIE DEAN REGISTERPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 81
- JAMES EARL RUTTANCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 82
- GORDON JAMES TURPIN JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 19W, Line 83
- RAYMOND LEE WILCOXCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 83
From Berlin
- DONALD RUSSELL SAEGAERTWarrant Officer 1 · June 10, 1965
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.