The Wall › Panel 34E › Michigan › Kenneth Bernard Dean
KENNETH BERNARD DEAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 30, 1944 – January 15, 1968
Service recordKenneth Bernard Dean, of Battle Creek, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 52
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 30, 1944
- Home of record
- Battle Creek, Michigan (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 97 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 52
- JOHN JOSEPH DENAVAPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- JOSEPH WALTER DUDEKPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- HENRY WILLIAM GORMANSergeant · January 15, 1968
- TERRY ADAM GRAYLance Corporal · January 15, 1968
From Battle Creek
- DANNY TRENT HIGGSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1966
- BENJAMIN PAUL NORTONPrivate First Class · September 12, 1966
- ROGER DUWAINE WHITEPrivate First Class · December 27, 1966
- MARK ROBERT LANDERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- JAMES ROY GILLESPIEPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- WILLIAM CAREL BARNES JRPrivate First Class · February 4, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY ROGERSSergeant · March 6, 1968
- PAUL LOWELL FREDERICKSONCorporal · May 9, 1968
- LARRY LEE LISKOWSergeant · September 11, 1968
- WILLIAM ARTHUR SMITH JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 27, 1968
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.