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WOODIE JUNIOR DEAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 24, 1947 – November 1, 1968
Service recordWoodie Junior Dean, of Battle Creek, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 74
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Battle Creek, Michigan (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1968; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 74
- THEODORE HUBERT DALTONCorporal · November 1, 1968
- GARY LEONARD DAUCHPrivate First Class · November 1, 1968
- KEITH WILLIAM DUFFYPetty Officer Third Class · November 1, 1968
- EDWARD LEE GUSTAFSONPrivate First Class · November 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT LUMMIS GAY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 75
- WILLIE LEE JAMESPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 77
- DANIEL CHARLES PATTERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 3
From Battle Creek
- DANNY TRENT HIGGSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1966
- BENJAMIN PAUL NORTONPrivate First Class · September 12, 1966
- ROGER DUWAINE WHITEPrivate First Class · December 27, 1966
- MARK ROBERT LANDERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- JAMES ROY GILLESPIEPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- KENNETH BERNARD DEANPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- WILLIAM CAREL BARNES JRPrivate First Class · February 4, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY ROGERSSergeant · March 6, 1968
- PAUL LOWELL FREDERICKSONCorporal · May 9, 1968
- LARRY LEE LISKOWSergeant · September 11, 1968
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.