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DANNY LEE DEWEY
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
February 20, 1948 – June 5, 1970
Service recordDanny Lee Dewey, of Tipton, Michigan, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 13
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. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Tipton, Michigan (Lenawee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 13
- DENNIS WILLIAM DOTSONFirst Lieutenant · June 5, 1970
- JOHNNY LEWIS DOVER JRSpecialist Four · June 5, 1970
- ROBERT MARTIN GOSELINSergeant · June 5, 1970
- PATRICK ALAN HARTWELLSergeant · June 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- SCOTTY RAY BROADSTONSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 12
- DONALD JAMES LUNDEQUAMWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9W, Line 14
- RALPH S ROUSSELL JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9W, Line 16
- ALFRED FRANCIS WIGGINS JRPrivate · Panel 9W, Line 17
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.