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Casualty Info
Home Town Churchville, MD
Last Address Churchville, MD
Casualty Date Mar 11, 1969
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Multiple Fragmentation Wounds
Location Tay Ninh (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment John Wesley Methodist Church Cemetery - Abington, Maryland
POSTED ON 8.30.2018, POSTED BY: MARY DEWITT, CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - 4/3/1969
"Specialist Demby was born in Havre de Grace and lived in Harford County all his life, until he was drafted into the Army last July. In September, after basic training at Fort Bragg NC, the infantryman was married to the former Janice Harris, of Abingdon MD. Mrs. Harris is expecting a baby this spring. Specialist Demby was killed March 11 in Saigon in a skirmish with the enemy. The son of Mrs. Evelyn Ricardson, and the stepson of Harold Richardson, he was the idol of his six stepsisters and many cousins, according to his aunt. Specialist Demby, who turned 20 last August, was a track and basketball star at Bel Air High School where he was a member of the class of 1967. Besides his wife and their child, and his parents, he is survived by a brother, Alexander Demby, an apprentice electrician; his stepsisters Lenore, Vanessa, Teresa, Victoria, Doreen, and Donna Richardson; and a number of aunts, uncles, and cousins, all of Harford County."
Noble Wilcox, We served together, 35 8th st Cayucos CA 93430 USA. A friend and fellow soldier who will never be forgotten. Aug 18, 2013.
Comments/Citation:
REFLECTIONS FROM THE MOVING WALL". I am a monument to a black period in this country’s history. I am the Vietnam wall, composed of two angled granite walls, inscribed with the names of Fifty Eight Thousand, Two Hundred Eighty One American men and women who died in hell (that was Vietnam). Many people come to see me. Strangely they come mostly in silence-old people, young people, children, mothers, fathers, widows and veterans. All for reasons of their own. They bring gifts, pictures, letters, flowers, poems and cigarettes. The letters speak of grief and loneliness and regret. They ask forgiveness. They are an out-pouring of pain. The people softly touch names on my face. They water my grass with tears. Then they leave in silence and I hope in peace. For I am more than two stone walls. I am a thank you from a nation that forgot. I am a long past due apology. I am healing for wounds too long left untended. I am a tribute paid to fallen warriors. I AM THE VIETNAM WALL. "America has forgotten the wars. Will she remember her warriors"? You may be gone, BUT YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN. Friday, November 05, 2004, Manuel Pino Jr.
POSTED ON 9.2.2004, POSTED BY: CHRIS SPENCER. NATIVE AMERICAN PRAYER. It is said a man hasn't died as long as he is remembered. This prayer is a way for families, friends and fellow veterans to remember our fallen brothers and sisters. Do not stand at my grave and weep I am not there, I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow, I am the diamond glints on snow. I am the sunlight on ripened grain, I am the gentle autumn rain. When you awaken in the morning hush, I am the swift, uplifting rush of quiet birds in circled flight, I am the stars that shine at night. Do not stand at my grave and cry, I am not there, I did not die.
