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DEAN PAUL STPIERRE
Captain · U.S. Air Force
October 30, 1941 – May 22, 1968
Service recordDean Paul Stpierre, of Kankakee, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on May 22, 1968, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 66E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 66E · Line 3
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115R)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 433 TFS
- Born
- October 30, 1941
- Home of record
- Kankakee, Illinois (Kankakee County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- May 22, 1968
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1968. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “433 TFS”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 66E, Line 3
- WALTER STEPHEN SIMPSONStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1967
- GARY PATESenior Master Sergeant · May 22, 1968
- PHILIP SMITH JRSergeant · May 22, 1968
- ARTHUR LOUIS WALDORFCorporal · May 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN HUNTER CREWS IIICaptain · Panel 65E, Line 7
From Kankakee
- PATRICK FRANCIS BECKPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- RICHARD CROSBY CLARKSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERT CHARLES JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- GENNARO JOSEPH DECARLOCorporal · August 27, 1967
- CHARLES DONALD JONESPetty Officer First Class · February 19, 1969
- NELSON LEPORT HORCHEM JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1969
- PHILIP MICHAEL WERBISKIMajor · August 19, 1969
- EDDIE SAM RANDALL JRSpecialist Four · March 15, 1970
- JIMMY ODENEALPrivate First Class · March 12, 1971
- JEROME EDWARD LEROYSpecialist Four · March 22, 1971
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.