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RICHARD CARL DEUTER
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
February 15, 1944 – November 22, 1969
Service recordRichard Carl Deuter, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He was lost on November 22, 1969, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 109
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Naval Flight Officer (1320)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA 196
- Born
- February 15, 1944
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- November 22, 1969
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1969. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “VA 196”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 16W, Line 109
- MICHAEL LLOYD M DEBOLTPrivate First Class · November 22, 1969
- KENNETH GENE EWINGSpecialist Four · November 22, 1969
- PETER ALAN GRUCAPrivate First Class · November 22, 1969
- JOHNNY VENT JOHNSONSergeant · November 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD FRANK COLLINSCommander · Panel 16W, Line 108
- MICHAEL EDWARD QUINNLieutenant Commander · Panel 16W, Line 110
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.