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ROBERT BRUCE DEMELLO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 26, 1947 – June 3, 1967
Service recordRobert Bruce Demello, of Fremont, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 43
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Airborne Sensor Specialist (26E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 73 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Fremont, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “73 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 43
- GARY BRUCE BAKERSpecialist Five · June 3, 1967
- WILLIAM STANLEY DAUGHERTYLance Corporal · June 3, 1967
- JAMES JEROME DEASEL JRLance Corporal · June 3, 1967
- RONALD JAMES DEXTERSergeant Major · June 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LOWELL EDWARD MORGANMajor · Panel 21E, Line 49
From Fremont
- JESSE ROMERO CASTROPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- CHESTER KEITH NUESSECorporal · March 11, 1967
- STEVE LOPEZSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- EDWARD ORAN CLAEYSPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT DUNCANPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- THOMAS GERARD BRADYSergeant · November 21, 1967
- JOHN WALLACE JONESLance Corporal · December 6, 1967
- GARY LEE MERIDITHHospitalman · January 2, 1968
- DANIEL ESCOBEDOLance Corporal · January 27, 1968
- DONALD EUGENE CLARKSpecialist Four · February 6, 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.