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ALAN JAMES DEAN
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
March 11, 1936 – April 5, 1967
Service recordAlan James Dean, of West Chicago, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 5, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 105
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Hmh (7335)
- Born
- March 11, 1936
- Home of record
- West Chicago, Illinois (Du Page County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1967
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 105
- WILLIAM PATRICK KELLYPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- KENNETH MARTIN KESSINGERCorporal · April 5, 1967
- ALFRED GEORGE LIRAPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- EDDIE LESTER MARSHALLStaff Sergeant · April 5, 1967
From West Chicago
- RANDALL GORDON JACOBSpecialist Five · August 19, 1967
- JOHNNY GLEN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- ROBERT HENRY MILLERSpecialist Four · January 17, 1970
- DARRELL LEE COLFORDSergeant · November 8, 1970
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.