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RICHARD ARTHUR DEMERS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 27, 1947 – October 16, 1967
Service recordRichard Arthur Demers, of Berlin, New Hampshire, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 16, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 14
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- February 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Berlin, New Hampshire (Coos County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 16, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 16, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 14
- JOHN WALTER BURKECorporal · October 16, 1967
- JUNIOR R BURNSPlatoon Sergeant · October 16, 1967
- GEORGE WILLIAM CLARKE JRMajor · October 16, 1967
- KEVIN LEE FERGUSONPrivate First Class · October 16, 1967
From Berlin
- TERRENCE COLIN SULLIVANPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- MAURICE CLAUDE DESCOTEAUXStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1967
- DANIEL JOHN ALBERTSergeant · November 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.