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CARL ANDREW DEAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 23, 1949 – September 21, 1969
Service recordCarl Andrew Dean, of Edgewater, Maryland, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 118
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Edgewater, Maryland (Anne Arundel County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 118
- GEORGE WILLIAM SIMMERS JRChief Petty Officer · September 20, 1969
- WILFREDO BALAGOT ANDRADASergeant · September 21, 1969
- DENNIS LEE BARTLEBAUGHCorporal · September 21, 1969
- CHARLES HAWKINS BEARECorporal · September 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILFREDO BALAGOT ANDRADASergeant · Panel 18W, Line 118
- DENNIS LEE BARTLEBAUGHCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 118
- GREGORIO PEDRO CASTILLOPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 119
- STEVEN VERNON ELTINGPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 120
- JOE ALBERT FOSTER JRSergeant First Class · Panel 18W, Line 120
- DAVITT JOHN FRANKSCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 120
- LARRY CECIL HATHCOCKSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 120
- MICHAEL JEROME PACHECOCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 122
- THOMAS LLOYD LARSONCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 123
- HENRY MATT STEWART JRSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 123
From Edgewater
- DALLAS ARNOLD WESTSpecialist Four · June 12, 1968
- ROBERT LLOYD BALDWINFirst Lieutenant · March 18, 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.