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HENRY ALBERT DEUTSCH
Captain · U.S. Army
April 12, 1939 – May 11, 1965
Service recordHenry Albert Deutsch, of Palatka, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 113
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Infantry Unit Commander (81542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- April 12, 1939
- Home of record
- Palatka, Florida (Putnam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1965
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1965. In May 1965, 89 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 113
- DUDLEY WAYNE MAYOSeaman · May 10, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- JOHNIE KING CULBREATHSpecialist Four · May 11, 1965
- JHUE FRANK PRICEPrivate First Class · May 11, 1965
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · Panel 1E, Line 113
- AMOS CARLTON WATSONSpecialist Four · Panel 1E, Line 114
From Palatka
- WILLIAM DAVID HOWSA RAGINCaptain · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH RAY HORNEPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
- WILLIAM YOUNGPrivate First Class · December 9, 1966
- WALTER GENE MERVIN ELLISSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- DAVID FRANK BURNEYPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- EUGENE SMALLPrivate · March 20, 1968
- GRAT ALBERT KEENECorporal · March 31, 1968
- HERBERT HOOVER SWEAT JRCorporal · February 21, 1969
- EDWARD BRAXTON FULGHAM JRPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
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.