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MICHAEL JAMES DEMARSICO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 19, 1945 – October 1, 1966
Service recordMichael James Demarsico, of White Plains, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 19, 1945
- Home of record
- White Plains, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 11E, Line 32
- ROGER LEE BONNER JRPrivate First Class · September 30, 1966
- TERRY LEE SNYDERSpecialist Four · September 30, 1966
- RICHARD LAVERN BISHOPSergeant · October 1, 1966
- CURTIS L FITZPATRICK JRCorporal · October 1, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM LEROY STUBBEPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 34
From White Plains
- FREDERICK HOMEYERLance Corporal · April 18, 1966
- CORNELIUS PAUL KENEALLYPrivate First Class · September 13, 1966
- LOUIS JOSEPH REEDStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1966
- GLENN ANDRE SHEPPARDLance Corporal · March 6, 1967
- BRUCE EINAR ENGSTROMSpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- CHARLES JOSEPH RACHONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
- EDWARD JOHN HUGHES JRCaptain · May 9, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK RILEYPrivate First Class · August 9, 1968
- HERBERT JAY GLAZERCaptain · September 7, 1968
- LAWRENCE DESMORESergeant · March 10, 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.