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DEAN BLAIN DAFLER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 16, 1949 – April 15, 1970
Service recordDean Blain Dafler, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 6
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 6
- ANTHONY EUGENE CURRIEPrivate First Class · April 15, 1970
- JOSEPH DIGREGORIOPrivate First Class · April 15, 1970
- WILLIAM RICHARD DISANTISCorporal · April 15, 1970
- ALLEN MATTHEW GARRETTStaff Sergeant · April 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WALTER CARL BARTLEY JRSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 4
- CHARLES ERVIN STEFFLERSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 10
- JAMES ANTHONY TYNERSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 10
- BOBBY ARTHUR YOUNGSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 12
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 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.