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DEWEY LEE ALEXANDER
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
January 23, 1927 – October 26, 1966
Service recordDewey Lee Alexander, of Houston, Texas, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 26, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 106
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Ldo (6202)
- Born
- January 23, 1927
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1966
- Age
- 39
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Ship/Submarine Accident At Sea (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 11E, Line 106
- ALVIN LEE LEVANSeaman · October 25, 1966
- JIMMIE ELLIS TAYLORSpecialist Four · October 25, 1966
- JIMMIE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · October 25, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD CLEMENTSLieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.