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MICHAEL LINDSEY DEANE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 21, 1945 – May 24, 1968
Service recordMichael Lindsey Deane, of Westfield, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 67E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 67E · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Westfield, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1968; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 67E, Line 8
- GEORGE WILLIAM CLARKCorporal · May 24, 1968
- KEVIN CORCORANPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- DAVID WESLEY CRAWFORDSpecialist Four · May 24, 1968
- RONNIE JOE DAUGHERTYPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
From Westfield
- DANIEL JOSEPH JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- JEFFERY MARK PARENTLance Corporal · May 4, 1969
- JAMES DONALD ZEBERTPrivate First Class · June 27, 1969
- JOHN STILES EARLELieutenant · June 22, 1970
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.