Grave marker for
Capt Paul H. Dean at Plot H, Row 10, Grave 55 in the Luxembourg American
Cemetery, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.
Paul enlisted in the Army,
date unknown. In the Federal Census on 12 April 1940 he is
listed as a Pfc in the 11th Infantry division
at Fort Harrison, Indiana.
He was apparently tapped for OCS,
probably in 1940/41, and commissioned as a 2nd Lt.
Lt Dean completed
jump school and was transferred from the Parachute School, Ft. Benning
to Hq Hq, 508th PIR on 1 October 1942 and was assigned as the Assistant
Regimental Adjutant.
(Lt? Capt?) Dean was later
transferred to the 513th. He was killed in action on Jan 24 1945
and was awarded the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster.
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