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DIETER WALTER DIETZ
Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
January 29, 1935 – November 26, 1966
Service recordDieter Walter Dietz, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 26, 1966, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 119
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 29, 1935
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1966; 24 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 119
- JAMES TERRY BOWENSPrivate First Class · November 26, 1966
- EARL KENNETH BURNS JRSenior Master Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE CORKERNSpecialist Four · November 26, 1966
- CHARLES LONG FAULKNERFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 1966
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.