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JOHN PERRY DEIHL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 23, 1948 – November 21, 1968
Service recordJohn Perry Deihl, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 24
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Plumber (51K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 34 ENG BN 159 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- April 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 24
- JAMES LLOYD BROOKSSpecialist Four · November 21, 1968
- HARRY LEE BROWNSpecialist Four · November 21, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD BUSHPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- HERBERT RAY CURTISSpecialist Four · November 21, 1968
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.