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ROBERT NICHOLAS DEMGEN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 16, 1942 – October 16, 1969
Service recordRobert Nicholas Demgen, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 16, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 85
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 16, 1942
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 16, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 16, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 85
- HAROLD FRANKLIN HYSMITHPrivate First Class · October 16, 1969
- MICHAEL KEATON PRICEPrivate First Class · October 16, 1969
- DENNIS MICHAEL RATTINStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1969
- MICHAEL KENNETH SAWYERStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND ALBERT GIBSONPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 84
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.