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KENNETH LEE DEAN JR
Captain · U.S. Army
August 15, 1937 – April 20, 1965
Service recordKenneth Lee Dean JR, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 20, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 106
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Infantry Unit Commander (81542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- August 15, 1937
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1965
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1965. In April 1965, 61 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 106
- JAMES PATRICK SHEALieutenant (junior grade) · April 20, 1965
- SAYWARD NEWTON HALL JRMajor · April 21, 1965
- WILLIAM WALTE MCALLISTERMajor · April 22, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- JAMES PATRICK BROCKCorporal · December 10, 1965
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.