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DEAN WALTER BORROUSCH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 6, 1949 – February 19, 1970
Service recordDean Walter Borrousch, of Hawks, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1970, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 31
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Hawks, Michigan (Presque Isle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1970; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 31
- NIXON DEWAYNE PIKEPrivate First Class · February 18, 1970
- HENRY TONY RAVAPrivate First Class · February 18, 1970
- MICHAEL VERNON BLUDWORTHPrivate First Class · February 19, 1970
- WILLIAM RAY COGGINSSergeant First Class · February 19, 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.