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GEORGE DOUGLAS DEITRICK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 7, 1949 – June 23, 1969
Service recordGeorge Douglas Deitrick, of Antioch, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 118
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Antioch, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 118
- RICHARD CARLTON DANIELSSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
- DEWEY MAYNARD EUBANKSCorporal · June 23, 1969
- MICHAEL FORBESSergeant · June 23, 1969
- GARY FREEMANSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN EDWARD BRAIDSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 117
- LORENZO RAYNARD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 120
From Antioch
- JOHN EDWARD HANNIGAN IIIPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- RONALD WILLIAM PORTERCorporal · December 18, 1965
- MICHAEL ROMAN SAMSONPrivate First Class · July 28, 1966
- DANIEL VIRAMONTES VALDEZPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- MICHAEL ALFRED RASMUSSONCorporal · June 2, 1970
- RAYMOND CLYDE HOLTSergeant · December 27, 1970
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.