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SAMUEL MACKAL DEICHELMANN
Major · U.S. Air Force
September 24, 1938 – September 6, 1968
Service recordSamuel Mackal Deichelmann, of Montgomery, Alabama, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on September 6, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 49
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 56 OPS WG
- Born
- September 24, 1938
- Home of record
- Montgomery, Alabama (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- September 6, 1968
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- 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
63 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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 45W, Line 49
- ROBERT D CRYDERPrivate First Class · September 6, 1968
- LLOYD THOMAS DARLINGCorporal · September 6, 1968
- JEFFREY ALAN DAVISSergeant · September 6, 1968
- BENJAMIN TALLY DAWKINSSergeant · September 6, 1968
From Montgomery
- FRANK LEONARD MILLER IIICaptain · September 30, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS MOOREPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- JAMES WALTER DENNIS JRLance Corporal · March 18, 1966
- GEORGE CANADA JRStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- JIMMIE L SCOTTSpecialist Five · June 1, 1966
- WILLIAM HUGH GARDNER JRSpecialist Four · August 2, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN SKINNERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- CHARLES TYRONE DAYLance Corporal · September 3, 1966
- THOMAS E DORANSpecialist Four · September 3, 1966
- WILLIAM J SEAWRIGHT JRSpecialist Four · November 15, 1966
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.