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THOMAS DEAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 20, 1926 – October 6, 1966
Service recordThomas Dean, of Red Springs, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 6, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 51
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 20, 1926
- Home of record
- Red Springs, North Carolina (Robeson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1966
- Age
- 39
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 11E, Line 51
- JOSEPH STEPHEN HENRIQUEZLieutenant Commander · August 10, 1966
- JULIO CESAR VARGASCorporal · October 5, 1966
- ALBERT LEE VICICHCorporal · October 5, 1966
- GARY H BRUXCaptain · October 6, 1966
- MELVIN LOUIS STONE JRFirst Lieutenant · October 6, 1966
From Red Springs
- LINDBERG WADESergeant First Class · May 15, 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.