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ROBERT PAUL DEMANUELE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 24, 1947 – September 16, 1968
Service recordRobert Paul Demanuele, of Sunland, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 3
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Central Office Switchboard Operator (72C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- December 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Sunland, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 3
- EDWARD CUNNINGHAMPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- GARY ROBERT DAFFINLance Corporal · September 16, 1968
- BILLY RAY DENTSergeant · September 16, 1968
- MICHAEL HUBERT DESCHENESPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL JAMES HEATHPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 5
- TONY GORDON POWELLSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 8
From Sunland
- RONALD HARVEY MCNEESPrivate First Class · June 5, 1965
- THOMAS FRANK PRESBYPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- RICHARD HUGH MCHAMPetty Officer Third Class · December 21, 1967
- JAMES BOYD ANDERSONSergeant · May 9, 1968
- STEPHEN CARL HARRELLSpecialist Four · July 3, 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.