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RONALD PHILIP DEAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 31, 1946 – April 21, 1968
Service recordRonald Philip Dean, of Buckhannon, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 21, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 19
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- May 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Buckhannon, West Virginia (Upshur County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1968
- 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
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 19
- ROYCE EDSEL EDDLEMANSpecialist Four · April 21, 1968
- NEIL HARRIS EXUMPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- ROBERT DOUGLAS FULKERSINSergeant · April 21, 1968
- DOMINGO RAUL GONZALESStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1968
From Buckhannon
- RONALD LEE FENSTERMACHERPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- RAYMON DALE KESLINGStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1967
- LESLEY WAYNE REEDStaff Sergeant · November 19, 1967
- WILLIAM LEWIS REGERSpecialist Four · November 8, 1969
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.