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CARL EARLY DEAN JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 30, 1949 – November 28, 1969
Service recordCarl Early Dean JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 28, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 130
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 130
- ROBERT WILLIAM DONAHUE JRSecond Lieutenant · November 28, 1969
- MICHAEL LYNN FERGUSONPetty Officer First Class · November 28, 1969
- ROY EDWARD FICKLINGSpecialist Four · November 28, 1969
- MICHAEL THURSTON GIBSONStaff Sergeant · November 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WILLIAM DONAHUE JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 16W, Line 130
- DENNIS ANTHONY GREELEYPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 1
- KENNETH RICHARD KIENERPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 1
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.