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TERRY LEE DEAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 7, 1949 – September 21, 1970
Service recordTerry Lee Dean, of Columbia, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 81
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Columbia, Missouri (Boone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1970; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 81
- EARL EUGENE FORDSpecialist Four · September 21, 1970
- ROBERT WILLIAM GREBBYChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 21, 1970
- DAVID LEE HICKSSpecialist Four · September 21, 1970
- THIERRY TIMOTHY G MAXIMSpecialist Four · September 21, 1970
- WILLIAM LYNWOOD TAYLORLieutenant Colonel · September 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LAYNE JOSEPH ROMAGOSAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 7W, Line 82
From Columbia
- JERRY DALE BASNETTCorporal · May 12, 1967
- DANIEL JOSEPH HEIBELCorporal · August 12, 1967
- STEPHEN LEE IRVINCorporal · September 10, 1967
- BILLY JOE WYATTLance Corporal · June 11, 1968
- JIMMIE LYNN KRATZBERGPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- LON DAVIS RICHARDSCaptain · August 23, 1968
- JON ALAN RIPPEEPrivate First Class · September 26, 1968
- DALE RAYMOND JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1969
- WILLIAM JAMES HUTTONPetty Officer Second Class · March 14, 1969
- DOUGLAS GLYN EDWARDSSpecialist Four · March 20, 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.