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MICHAEL FRANK DEAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
September 13, 1946 – June 30, 1970
Service recordMichael Frank Dean, of La Puente, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 30, 1970, in Laos, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 103
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 13, 1946
- Home of record
- La Puente, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 103
- HOWARD EUGENE CAFFERYSergeant · June 30, 1970
- JUAN COLON-DIAZSergeant First Class · June 30, 1970
- MERLE ALLEN DENTINOSergeant · June 30, 1970
- DONNITH HOWARD FLETCHERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1970
From La Puente
- TERRANCE RICHARD LYLEPrivate First Class · November 10, 1966
- JOE ARREGUINPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- JOSEPH ALFRED ALBERTINICorporal · October 6, 1967
- TYLER WILLIAM COBB JRSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- PETER JAN FILIPIAKCorporal · February 25, 1968
- ROBERT GENE FISHERPetty Officer First Class · March 18, 1968
- MANUEL RUIZCorporal · March 29, 1968
- RONALD REYESPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
- LEWIS JOHN YOUNGPrivate First Class · April 19, 1968
- FRED GEORGE LOSEL JRSpecialist Four · May 12, 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.