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RICHARD WILFRED DEMERS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 25, 1945 – July 15, 1966
Service recordRichard Wilfred Demers, of Marlboro, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 15, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Marlboro, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 23
- RONALD KENNETH CULLERSSecond Lieutenant · July 15, 1966
- MICHAEL ALFRED CUNNIONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- MARK V DENNISPetty Officer Third Class · July 15, 1966
- WILLIAM LOWELL DOUGLAS JRCorporal · July 15, 1966
From Marlboro
- GEORGE MARTIN HANLONMaster Sergeant · January 7, 1967
- MICHAEL PAUL MINEHANLance Corporal · June 2, 1968
- MICHAEL NOEL FAHERTYSpecialist Five · July 25, 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.