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JAMES ROBERT DEAN JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 9, 1946 – December 30, 1969
Service recordJames Robert Dean JR, of Orlando, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 30, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 109
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Orlando, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 30, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 30, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 109
- FREDERICK ALFRED CAINESCorporal · December 30, 1969
- WILLIE JAMES DELACROIXSergeant · December 30, 1969
- FIELDING W FEATHERSTON IIICaptain · December 30, 1969
- DOYLE HALL PARSONChief Petty Officer · December 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIE JAMES DELACROIXSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 109
- ROBERT LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 111
- THOMAS EDWARD SOMASpecialist Five · Panel 15W, Line 112
- GERALD CLIFFORD SWAYZECaptain · Panel 15W, Line 112
- JAMES EDWARD TOWNLEY SRPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 112
From Orlando
- FREDERICK PETER CROSBYLieutenant Commander · June 1, 1965
- RYLAND WHITNEY DRAWDYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- MALCOLM EDWARD MILLICANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DORRIS ALBERT IVEYSergeant First Class · January 13, 1966
- JOHN DONALD HETTERLY SRSergeant · January 25, 1966
- ROBERT CURTIS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1966
- MARVIN FOY GOODMAN JRLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- RONALD ALLEN SAPPSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- CARY CRADDOCKSergeant · May 4, 1966
- ROOSEVELT HESTLE JRColonel · July 6, 1966
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.