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DAVID KEITH DEEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 10, 1944 – November 9, 1966
Service recordDavid Keith Deen, of Nokomis, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 9, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 10, 1944
- Home of record
- Nokomis, Florida (Sarasota County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1966
- Age
- 22
- 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 9, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 46
- RONNIE HANKINS BINTLIFFPrivate First Class · November 9, 1966
- GEORGE EDWARD BRYANTPrivate First Class · November 9, 1966
- WILLIAM ARTHUR DERKSEMAPrivate First Class · November 9, 1966
- ROBERT JOHN DONOVANPrivate First Class · November 9, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE EDWARD BRYANTPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 46
- ROBERT JOHN DONOVANPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 46
- RANDLE KINNEYPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 47
From Nokomis
- ROBERT JOHN EDGARCaptain · February 5, 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.