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WALTER EDWARD DEMSEY JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 17, 1949 – February 18, 1971
Service recordWalter Edward Demsey JR, of Glendora, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 115
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Glendora, New Jersey (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1971; 14 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 5W, Line 115
- JOSEPH GORDON BROWNChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 18, 1971
- GREGORY STEPHEN CRANDALLWarrant Officer 1 · February 18, 1971
- ROBERT JOSEPH ENGENSpecialist Four · February 18, 1971
- DONALD GENE GIBLERSpecialist Four · February 18, 1971
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE PHILLIP BERGChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 5W, Line 114
- GREGORY STEPHEN CRANDALLWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 5W, Line 115
- ROBERT JOSEPH ENGENSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 115
- GARY LEE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 116
- WALTER EDWARD LEWELLENSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 117
- GERALD ERNEST WOODSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 5W, Line 119
From Glendora
- ROBERT JAMES LAZAROSecond Lieutenant · October 9, 1967
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.