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JULIAN DEAN DEDMAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 12, 1945 – April 23, 1969
Service recordJulian Dean Dedman, of Norwalk, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 31
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Norwalk, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1969; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 31
- RICHARD PAUL DEXTRAZELance Corporal · April 23, 1969
- JAMES HARLOW DUNN IIIWarrant Officer 1 · April 23, 1969
- ALLAN DOUGLAS EYLERWarrant Officer 1 · April 23, 1969
- DONALD ORIN MCGRAWSpecialist Four · April 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- OTTO PHILIP BARNHARTSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 29
- HENRY WATERS CARDWELLSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 30
- JAMES PHILLIP HEIMSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 32
- JOHN FRANCIS KOEHLERSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 32
- GARY PRESTON NEIMANSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 34
- WILLIAM FRANK ROCCOSergeant First Class · Panel 26W, Line 35
- JOHN WERNER TIDERENCELSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 36
From Norwalk
- JOE MANUEL SALINASPrivate First Class · July 20, 1965
- JUAN JOSE CASTROSergeant · March 23, 1966
- FRANK ARREY JRSergeant · September 21, 1966
- RAYMOND JEFFERSON ROSS JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- MICHAEL CLIFTON MILLERPrivate First Class · October 25, 1966
- ELBERT FRANK BLACKBURNPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- FELIX F F LEYVA-PARRA-FRIASPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- RICHARD BERNARD VAGNONEPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- IGNACIO PORTUGAL JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- JERRY PAIZSpecialist Four · December 7, 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.