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WARREN LEIGH DEMPSEY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 3, 1940 – December 3, 1965
Service recordWarren Leigh Dempsey, of Church Rock, New Mexico, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 3, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 122
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Cryptographic Systems Technician, Ima (6422)
- Born
- March 3, 1940
- Home of record
- Church Rock, New Mexico (Mckinley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1965
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1965; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 122
- WILLIAM RICHARD MCPHERSONCaptain · December 3, 1965
- KIRK IRWIN RILEYCaptain · December 3, 1965
- ROBERT ALLEN SINGERHOUSEPrivate · December 3, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
From Church Rock
- RAYMOND YAZZIECorporal · February 26, 1969
- EMERSON MARTINPrivate First Class · May 29, 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.