From the Battle Creek, Michigan "Enquirer and News", Tueday November 5, 1968:
"Woodie J. Dean Killed in Action
Army Sp. 4 Woodie J. Dean, 21-year old Battle Creek soldier killed in action Friday in South Vietnam, had served five months to the day under enemy fire, his family said today.
His first letter home after his June 1 arrival at camp near Tay Ninh said the camp was under Viet Cong mortar fire the night he reported for duty.
Funeral and burial of Dean are unsettled pending information on the body's return. It is expected that there will be services here, and also in Tennessee where he will be buried.
Dean was born April 24, 1947 in Samburg, Tenn., son of Woodrow W. and the late Georgia M. (Goodman) Dean. He came to Michigan with the family while still an infant, and grew up in Battle Creek. He was attending Battle Creek Central High School when he enlisted Jan. 17, 1965, and completed his high school work in the Army and received his diploma.
Dean trained at Ft. Knox, Ky., Ft. Gordon, Ga., and Ft. Dix, N.J.. He was a member of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Bn., 22nd Inf. Div., and at the time of his death was a flame-thrower operator. He was struck by hostile small-arms fire while on a military mission, according to the Defense department telegram and was believed to have died instantly.
He was married to Alice Terrell here in Battle Creek on Dec. 4, 1966.
In addition to this wife, Dean is survived by his father and his stepmother, Mrs Estell Dean, all of 169 Bradley St.; a brother Jimmy Dean of 36 Ave. B; a stepbrother, William T. Warner of 103 Fountain St.; a stepsister, Mrs Vera Faye Horner of 21 Maxwell St.; his grandmother, Mrs. Florence Rudd of Hornbeak, Tenn., and stepgrandmother, Mrs. Bell Carrington of Gleason, Tenn., as well as uncles, aunts, nephews and neices."

Note:
Woodie is buried in Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery, near Hornbeak, Obion County, Tennessee.