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CHRISTOPHER J DEAN JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 30, 1942 – May 11, 1966
Service recordChristopher J Dean JR, of Ft Myers, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 47
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 30, 1942
- Home of record
- Ft Myers, Florida (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 47
- TOM LEW AUSTINLance Corporal · May 11, 1966
- ARTHUR J BOWYERPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
- GALE VERNON CRAWFORDSpecialist Four · May 11, 1966
- JAMES H VILLEPONTEAUX JRFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR J BOWYERPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 47
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 7E, Line 49
- BILLY MARCUS EDWARDSSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 50
- ROBERT SCHUYLER VANDUYNEFirst Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 50
From Ft Myers
- ERNEST M SCHULTZ IIISpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- ROY DONALD HUTTINGSergeant · September 25, 1966
- GEORGE DANIEL THEISENPrivate First Class · December 13, 1966
- ROBERT FULTON HELVESTONPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- THOMAS LEE MCGEEPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- WILLIE JAMES MOOREPrivate First Class · June 8, 1967
- CLAYTON MARQUI SPAINHOWERPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- CULLIE WILSON BRYANTSpecialist Four · January 13, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE WHITTENSergeant · May 8, 1968
- JOHN KENT HAYWARDCaptain · December 17, 1968
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.