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JACK EARL DEETER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 11, 1948 – November 24, 1969
Service recordJack Earl Deeter, of Meadville, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1969, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 120
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Meadville, Pennsylvania (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1969; three of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 120
- EVERETT EARL WOOLUMS JRSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- DONALD LEE WRIGHTSenior Master Sergeant · November 24, 1969
- EDWARD JAMES CORMIERPrivate First Class · November 25, 1969
- RAYMOND KYLE DISMUKESSpecialist Four · November 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BARRY JOSEPH BEDARDSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 114
- RONALD LEON OLSONSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 118
- JOHN JUNIOR SEXTONSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 119
From Meadville
- ROBERT LEE WESTFALLAirman First Class · February 11, 1962
- FRANK DONALD TRYPUSSergeant · November 19, 1965
- DONALD IRA BOWERSAirman Second Class · June 16, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD KAHLERSergeant · November 1, 1967
- RAYMOND HOWARD CHASE JRWarrant Officer 1 · November 10, 1967
- WILLIAM RAYMOND BREEDENSergeant First Class · March 24, 1968
- EDWARD JAMES BROMS JRLieutenant Commander · August 1, 1968
- JAMES EARL RUDDPrivate First Class · August 6, 1968
- DAVID LOUIS JOLIETSpecialist Four · October 15, 1969
- DAVID GEORGE DRAGOSAVACSergeant · April 1, 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.