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DEAN ALLEN HARRIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 20, 1951 – January 28, 1971
Service recordDean Allen Harris, of San Jose, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 67
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 20, 1951
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 67
- RONALD MICHAEL RIGDONPrivate · January 28, 1971
- ARTHUR ALBERT SMITHSergeant · January 28, 1971
- MICHAEL EARL WILLIAMSCorporal · January 28, 1971
- HAROLD BENTON LINEBERGERColonel · January 29, 1971
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 1966
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.