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DEAN GILMAN OWEN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 15, 1947 – April 6, 1968
Service recordDean Gilman Owen, of Camp Springs, Maryland, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 31
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Camp Springs, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1968; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 31
- EDWARD ALBERT MCGRATHCorporal · April 6, 1968
- MICHAEL PAUL MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- TIMOTHY JAMES NIGHTENGALEPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- JOSEPH STANLEY NITKAStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ELMER WILLIAM BROWNStaff Sergeant · Panel 48E, Line 24
- SAMUEL LUTHER DAVISStaff Sergeant · Panel 48E, Line 25
- DANNY EUGENE GUTHRIECorporal · Panel 48E, Line 27
- LUIS GUILLERMO SCAMARONIPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 34
From Camp Springs
- JOSEPH NELSON STEVENSLance Corporal · October 14, 1966
- ROBERT EDWARD KNADLESecond Lieutenant · October 9, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM VADENSergeant · January 7, 1968
- STEPHEN LAWRENCE HAVASSergeant · August 3, 1968
- MARTHELL TRAYLOR JRFirst Lieutenant · September 16, 1968
- ROBERT GENE OCONNELLCorporal · February 15, 1970
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.