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THOMAS JOLLEY DEAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 15, 1943 – January 9, 1968
Service recordThomas Jolley Dean, of Scarsdale, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 15, 1943
- Home of record
- Scarsdale, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 97 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 6
- TYLER WILLIAM COBB JRSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- VICTORIANO ESPINOZA JRPrivate · January 9, 1968
- BURLEY DEAN EZELLSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- JACKY LEROY GARRETTStaff Sergeant · January 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN CLARK MCDOWELLCorporal · Panel 34E, Line 9
From Scarsdale
- BRIAN J CLUNEPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- EDWARD HENRY JACKSON JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- GEORGE RICHARD DARNELLCorporal · June 9, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH CRUMMMajor General · July 7, 1967
- CHARLES C WINSTON IIIMajor · August 1, 1967
- WILLIAM D VANTASSEL JRSergeant · October 7, 1968
- WILLIAM GRAVELLE SCOTT JRFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1969
- WALTER ALOYSIUS JOYCELance Corporal · February 22, 1969
- HOWARD RUSSELL BRUCKNERSergeant · August 18, 1969
- GOMER DAVID REESE IIICaptain · April 24, 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.