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THOMAS WILLIAM DEAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 24, 1936 – March 10, 1970
Service recordThomas William Dean, of Frametown, West Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 103
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- August 24, 1936
- Home of record
- Frametown, West Virginia (Braxton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1970
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 103
- KENNETH WILLIAM COWSERTPrivate First Class · March 10, 1970
- DONALD ROBERT DONALDSONFirst Sergeant · March 10, 1970
- LARRY WADE DUKESergeant · March 10, 1970
- PHILLIP ALLEN ELLIOTTSpecialist Four · March 10, 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.