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JAMES WILLIAM DEAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 1, 1950 – April 14, 1969
Service recordJames William Dean, of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 14, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 80
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- May 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Pawtucket, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 80
- NORMAN CECIL BYRDLance Corporal · April 14, 1969
- FRANCIS EDWARD DUNLAP JRSpecialist Four · April 14, 1969
- ROBERT MICHAEL GENDRONSergeant · April 14, 1969
- MICHAEL KENT NICKERSONFirst Lieutenant · April 14, 1969
From Pawtucket
- ANTONIO PAUL MACIMINIOLance Corporal · May 21, 1966
- RONALD GERARD PIERCEPrivate First Class · September 6, 1966
- NORMAND AURELE PLANTESpecialist Four · April 28, 1967
- CHARLES YAGHOOBIAN JRFirst Lieutenant · October 14, 1967
- RAYMOND WIL MICHALOPOULOSSpecialist Four · November 21, 1967
- ROBERT WILFRED RENAUDPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- WILLIAM HOWARD MOORE IIISpecialist Four · January 28, 1968
- JAMES VINCENT CAVANAUGHSpecialist Four · February 18, 1969
- ROBERT EDWARD OBRIENCaptain · March 21, 1969
- WALTER LEO PRITCHARD JRLieutenant Colonel · April 12, 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.