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GLENN FREDRICK DEAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 16, 1947 – August 27, 1968
Service recordGlenn Fredrick Dean, of West Bend, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 39
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 16, 1947
- Home of record
- West Bend, Wisconsin (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 39
- KENNETH DALE COMBSSergeant · August 27, 1968
- TIMOTHY JAMES COTTRELLSergeant · August 27, 1968
- WILLIAM FELTON CROOK JRSpecialist Four · August 27, 1968
- JOHN KENNY HILLPrivate First Class · August 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONNIE G AVERYPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 36
- BENNY DALE BESSSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 37
- TIMOTHY JAMES COTTRELLSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 39
- DENNIS PATRICK FRIEDHOFFPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 41
- CHRISTOPHER LYNN HAYESPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 42
- ADOLFO VALENZUELA MORENOSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 43
- RUDOLPH SOTELO RENTERIASpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 44
From West Bend
- GEROLD SCHAEFFERPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- THOMAS HARRY CROOKPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- JOSEPH BERNARD MUELLERSergeant · March 21, 1970
- STANLEY RAYMOND HANSENSpecialist Five · May 21, 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.