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DEAN LEE GRETENCORD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 11, 1941 – September 26, 1967
Service recordDean Lee Gretencord, of Richmond, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 15
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 11, 1941
- Home of record
- Richmond, Kansas (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 15
- STEPHEN JONATHAN GEISTStaff Sergeant · September 26, 1967
- JEROME CECIL HADLEYPrivate First Class · September 26, 1967
- JIMMY DALE HATFIELDPrivate First Class · September 26, 1967
- JOHNNY VANCE HAYESStaff Sergeant · September 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LEE SCOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 17
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.