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Australian, American, South Vietnamese and Korean soldiers at the Đức Mỹ Ranger Training Center, December 1965.
Australian, American, South Vietnamese and Korean soldiers at the Đức Mỹ Ranger Training Center, December 1965. Photo: SP5 Allan K. Holm, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Dean Amick Wadsworth.

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DEAN AMICK WADSWORTH

Captain · U.S. Air Force

November 30, 1930 – October 8, 1963

Service record

Dean Amick Wadsworth, of Clarendon, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 8, 1963, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 1E · Line 32

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Service

Branch
U.S. Air Force
Rank
Captain (CAPT)
Service
Regular
Born
November 30, 1930
Home of record
Clarendon, Texas (Donley County)

Casualty

Date of death
October 8, 1963
Age
32
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Unknown

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What was happening

13 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1963; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1963, 24 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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From Clarendon

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.