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STEPHEN HAIG DEMERJIAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 21, 1943 – January 8, 1969
Service recordStephen Haig Demerjian, of Glenview, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 52
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 21, 1943
- Home of record
- Glenview, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1969; four of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 52
- LEO ROBERT MULLENFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1969
- LARRY DON WELSHStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1969
- JAMES LESTER WOLTERSpecialist Four · January 7, 1969
- JAMES ALLAN ASCHERFirst Lieutenant · January 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM INNES BOUTON JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35W, Line 53
- JOHN ARTHUR RIVES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 55
- HARRY SIMSPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 56
From Glenview
- JOHN TAYLOR FILPISecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1967
- PATRICK JAMES CONNORPrivate First Class · September 9, 1970
- MARCUS EUGENE ARNESONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1971
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.