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DONALD WILLIAM DIETZ
Captain · U.S. Army
March 23, 1945 – September 17, 1969
Service recordDonald William Dietz, of Little Rock, Arkansas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 105
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (2162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Little Rock, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Long An Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 105
- WILLIAM TERREL MCNAIRMajor · September 17, 1969
- RICHARD ELLSWORTH PEARSONCorporal · September 17, 1969
- ENCARNASION RODRIGUEZSergeant · September 17, 1969
- LEO PETER SIKORSKILieutenant Colonel · September 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD BURK BISHOPStaff Sergeant · Panel 18W, Line 100
- DALE J CRITTENBERGERColonel · Panel 18W, Line 101
- WILLIAM ANDREW FITCHSpecialist Five · Panel 18W, Line 102
- GARY LEE HAUGHTSpecialist Five · Panel 18W, Line 102
- DAVID RANDELL MACKEYMajor · Panel 18W, Line 103
- ROBERT P MAYERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 18W, Line 103
- DANA WESSON MITCHELLMajor · Panel 18W, Line 104
- WILLIAM TERREL MCNAIRMajor · Panel 18W, Line 105
- LEO PETER SIKORSKILieutenant Colonel · Panel 18W, Line 105
- RICHARD ATWOOD SNOWDONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 18W, Line 106
From Little Rock
- LEVERNE WILLIAM MCKINLEYStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1965
- CHAMBLESS M CHESNUTTMajor · September 30, 1965
- JAMES MASSEYSergeant · August 24, 1965
- BOBBIE ELDON NOLENSecond Lieutenant · January 25, 1966
- DAVID DANIEL GENSEMER IIISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- JOHN WESLEY HOUSTONPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- WILLIE PIPPINS SRSergeant · February 24, 1966
- BOBBY LEON MORDENPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JAMES LARRY MCCRYSTALPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- WILLIE GREEN JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
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.