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HOWARD HADDEN DEAN
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 21, 1944 – January 26, 1967
Service recordHoward Hadden Dean, of Harrodsburg, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 26, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 79
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Telegraph Operator (2533)
- Born
- September 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Harrodsburg, Kentucky (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1967; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 79
- KIRBY WAYNE BRADFORDPrivate First Class · January 26, 1967
- ROBERT LEWIS BROWNChief Petty Officer · January 26, 1967
- JERRY HAROLD BRYANTPrivate First Class · January 26, 1967
- THOMAS JOSEPH CAREYSergeant · January 26, 1967
From Harrodsburg
- JOHN BETHEL TAPPLieutenant Commander · March 23, 1966
- STEPHAN LEROY BECHTELPetty Officer Third Class · February 11, 1968
- NATHAN LYEN ROBINSONSergeant · February 25, 1968
- CECIL DAUGHERTYSergeant · September 20, 1969
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.