Thomas Joseph Dean, III
Lance Corporal
A CO, 1ST BN, 1ST MARINES, 1ST MARDIV, III MAF
United States Marine Corps
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
January 19, 1947 to May 30, 1967
(Incident Date May 20, 1967)
THOMAS J DEAN III is on the Wall at Panel 21E, Line 17

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Tom,
I think of you often.

Semper Fi
Your buddy, Jay
jfitzpatrick@fdgny.com

 
25 May 2007

My grandfather was Dr. Thomas Joseph Dean, of Alabama.

I am Thomas Joseph Dean, a retired teacher and coach, from Kentucky.

My son, Joseph Dean, was a Marine.

So, when I saw this website, by accident, I wanted to say a word or two to the family and friends of your "Thomas Joseph Dean." Thanks for serving our great country, USA, and for serving it well.

God bless you, in Christ Jesus,
Thomas Joseph Dean
E-mail address is not available.


 
21 Aug 2007

One of the people I admired most when growing up in southwest Philly. A great baseball player, an Eagle Scout and a mentor.

Thanks, Tom!

From a friend,
Rick Bunn
rbunn5@comcast.net


 
15 Nov 2007

The photo and following article is taken from The Philadelphia Daily News, special supplement entitled 'SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY,' October 26, 1987.

"Tommy" Dean was a gifted athlete, capping outstanding scholastic careers in soccer, basketball and baseball by being on John Bartram High School's 1963 city championship baseball team. He told his parents he had enlisted in the Marine Corps and volunteered for Vietnam because he felt it was necessary to do so before he went to college. The 20-year-old lance corporal, a rifleman assigned to Company A of the 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division, had been on several search-and-destroy missions before being severely wounded. He died at a Navy hospital in the Philippines on Memorial Day 1967. Dean was survived by his parents and a sister.

SEMPER FIDELIS, MARINE!

From a native Philadelphian and Marine,
Jim McIlhenney
christianamacks@comcast.net


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