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ROBERT WILLIAM DEAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 24, 1947 – July 11, 1969
Service recordRobert William Dean, of Alexandria, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 11, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 99
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Virginia (Alexandria (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 99
- LARRY IRVING CORNISHCorporal · July 11, 1969
- RICHARD THOMAS CORRIVEAUCorporal · July 11, 1969
- RONALD LEE EIDSONCorporal · July 11, 1969
- THOMAS PAUL FENUSHCorporal · July 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ELBERT JAMES BAKER JRCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 97
- NORMAN HUBERT BLOOMFIELDSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 98
- MARK LEROY BRUNERPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 98
- RICHARD THOMAS CORRIVEAUCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 99
- THOMAS PAUL FENUSHCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 99
- CURTISS FERNHOFFCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 100
- CLAUDIE FOWLERPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 100
- GEORGE HAROLD FRYSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 100
- ALAN GWINN GEISSINGERPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 100
- JOE RICHARD GLASSBURNSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 101
- ARNOLD COURTNEY HAYWARDLieutenant Colonel · Panel 21W, Line 101
- BRADLEY WILFRED KLUKASPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 102
- LARRY KEITH MOTLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 102
- MARVIN KEITH RICHARDSONCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 102
- MICHAEL FREDRICK ROGERSPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 102
- BYRON DUNCAN STEWARTStaff Sergeant · Panel 21W, Line 103
- GEORGE BERNARD TEARPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 103
- ALLAN COURTNEY THIBOUPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 103
- DAN BURGESS YARBROUGHSecond Lieutenant · Panel 21W, Line 104
- RUSSELL CHARLES YOSTPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 104
From Alexandria
- LEWIS LYNN STONEFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- RAY BURMASTER BROWNESergeant · January 16, 1964
- JOHN ANTHONY WINKLERSeaman Apprentice · November 22, 1965
- PAUL M BAYLISSCaptain · November 7, 1966
- CARL L YOUNGMajor · December 24, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD KARASMajor · February 3, 1967
- WAYNE LAMONT JORDANCorporal · March 17, 1967
- RONALD WAYNE WARDPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- RICHARD HOLT FREUDENTHALLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- JOSEPH CLARENCE SHARTZERPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
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.