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LAWRENCE CHARLES DEAN
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
April 26, 1940 – August 15, 1972
Service recordLawrence Charles Dean, of Searcy, Arkansas, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1972, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 67
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 26, 1940
- Home of record
- Searcy, Arkansas (White County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1972
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1972; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In August 1972, 41 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 67
- ORLAND JAMES PENDER JRLieutenant Commander · August 17, 1972
- JOHN RUSSELL PITZENCaptain · August 17, 1972
- GRADY THOMAS TRIPLETTFirst Lieutenant · August 17, 1972
- CATALINO B ANTONIO JRSergeant · August 18, 1972
From Searcy
- WILLIAM WARD SMITHCaptain · July 23, 1966
- OTIS LAMONT PHILLIPSCorporal · February 4, 1968
- JESSE J CUNNINGHAM JRCorporal · June 24, 1968
- MICHEL KENT SUBLETTCorporal · September 25, 1968
- WILBUR DALE LATIMERCaptain · January 19, 1971
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.