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JAMES FREDERICK DEEBLE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 8, 1946 – April 18, 1970
Service recordJames Frederick Deeble, of Nevada City, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 21
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Nevada City, California (Nevada County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 21
- WILLIAM ALBERT EATONPrivate First Class · April 18, 1970
- ROY WILLIAM GARDINERSpecialist Four · April 18, 1970
- WILLIAM H HAAKINSON IIISergeant · April 18, 1970
- WILLIAM S MONAHAN IIILance Corporal · April 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH LELAND CROWSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 20
- ROY WILLIAM GARDINERSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 21
From Nevada City
- EDWARD ALLAN JOSEPH OWNBYPetty Officer Second Class · June 9, 1965
- RONALD JAMES WALBERSpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
- PHILIP ALON TRITSCHPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- MICHAEL DENNIS GOELLERSpecialist Four · June 1, 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.