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DAVID DEITCH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 24, 1948 – June 19, 1969
Service recordDavid Deitch, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 87
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 24, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 87
- DAVID BURR COLLINSSpecialist Four · June 19, 1969
- HARVEY C CRABTREE JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1969
- DONALD LEO CURTINCorporal · June 19, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT DANIELCaptain · June 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GILBERT RAY BARGMANNPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 84
- CARL JOSEPH BIEKERSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 85
- THOMAS JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 85
- GARY WILLIAM CARLSONCaptain · Panel 22W, Line 85
- LARRY RAY CLARKSpecialist Five · Panel 22W, Line 85
- KEITH WAYNE LARIMERSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 90
- DAVID ALLEN MADDENCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 91
- KENNETH LEWIS MCFALLCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 91
- JOHN HENRY PRIEST JRSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 93
- STEPHEN DENNIS VANDYKECorporal · Panel 22W, Line 94
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.