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JAMES HOWARD DEAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 22, 1948 – December 21, 1969
Service recordJames Howard Dean, of Huntington, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 21, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- March 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Huntington, West Virginia (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 77
- THOMAS LESLIE ANDERSONSpecialist Four · December 21, 1969
- THOMAS JOSEPH DOWDStaff Sergeant · December 21, 1969
- DAVID LEROY EGGLESTONSpecialist Four · December 21, 1969
- BOB JOE FORD JRLance Corporal · December 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROY JEFFREY BURKESpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 75
- DAVID LEON BARBERSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 76
- THOMAS JOSEPH DOWDStaff Sergeant · Panel 15W, Line 77
- DAVID LEROY EGGLESTONSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 77
- THOMAS LYNN FORSYTHEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 15W, Line 78
- ARTHUR ROBERT HERNDONCaptain · Panel 15W, Line 78
- GARY PHILIP SINCLAIRPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 79
From Huntington
- GERALD BRUCE ROSESpecialist Five · February 22, 1965
- GLENN MCARTHUR LANEPetty Officer Second Class · October 26, 1965
- JACKIE L WAYMIRESergeant · January 9, 1967
- EMORY LE ROY TAYLORPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- RONALD KEITH NEALPetty Officer Third Class · April 21, 1967
- JOHNNY MALCOLM JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD EMMERTSergeant · June 22, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD CRAFTSergeant First Class · September 25, 1967
- LESTER LEE MEADOWS JRSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- HARON LEE BROWN IIFirst Lieutenant · December 14, 1967
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.