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THERON SPENCER DEMPSEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 25, 1943 – March 18, 1966
Service recordTheron Spencer Dempsey, of Riviera Beach, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 20
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 25, 1943
- Home of record
- Riviera Beach, Florida (Palm Beach County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 20
- JAMES WALTER DENNIS JRLance Corporal · March 18, 1966
- GASTON DAVID GODFREYCorporal · March 18, 1966
- DALLAS EDWIN HICKMANSergeant · March 18, 1966
- THOMAS FRANK HORNBYCorporal · March 18, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DALLAS EDWIN HICKMANSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 20
- JIMMIE TAVY SMILEYSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 21
From Riviera Beach
- CHARLIE M YOUNGSergeant · February 28, 1966
- ISAAC THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- JAMES D KNOWLESSergeant · July 7, 1969
- PAUL V BARRINGTON JRSpecialist Four · August 13, 1969
- ROBERT WILLIAM LABRECQUECorporal · September 18, 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.