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HAROLD BUTLER DEEL
Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
March 5, 1930 – May 10, 1969
Service recordHarold Butler Deel, of Ferndale, Michigan, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 10, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 34
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
- March 5, 1930
- Home of record
- Ferndale, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1969
- Age
- 39
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1969. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 34
- JAMES CLINTON WARDCorporal · May 9, 1969
- LARRY WAYNE WATKINSSpecialist Four · May 9, 1969
- OSCAR LEE WHEELERPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
- ALBERT ALLAN WHITTLECorporal · May 9, 1969
- JOE ALMEIDA JRStaff Sergeant · May 10, 1969
From Ferndale
- CHARLES ANTHONY MARIASergeant · July 3, 1968
- EARL SPENCER SNYDERCorporal · March 12, 1969
- PAUL JOHN SALMINENSergeant · July 24, 1969
- GEORGE EUGENE SNYDERStaff Sergeant · August 12, 1969
- JOHN THOMAS NOWAKPrivate First Class · March 16, 1970
- ALBERT LEROY LANE JRSpecialist Four · July 16, 1970
- DANNY GEORGE DRINKARDCorporal · April 20, 1971
- GEORGE CHARLES YOSHONISPrivate First Class · May 16, 1971
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.