Rank: Private First Class
Unit: A Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11E – Armor Crewman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 11-Aug-1951
Hometown: Lansing, Michigan
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 6-May-1969
Start of tour: 7-Oct-1969
Incident date: 30-Nov-1969
Date of casualty: 30-Nov-1969
Age at death: 18
Cause of death: Non-hostile, died of other causes. Vehicle Crash (MC). Vehicle loss or crash.
Donald Allen R. Demond was killed while gunner on a military vehicle on a military mission when vehicle overturned pinning him underneath. / Gunner on Armored Cavalry Assault Vehicle (ACAV) on road march. The track vehicle locked and vehicle overturned pinning individual underneath.
Location of fatality: Binh Long, South Vietnam, XT 765 865
Place of interment: Lakeview Cemetery, Howell, Michigan, USA
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