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THOMAS MITCHELL DEITZ
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 18, 1947 – March 18, 1969
Service recordThomas Mitchell Deitz, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 67
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 67
- LARRY KENT DAVISSpecialist Four · March 18, 1969
- EDWARD CARL DEBOWSpecialist Five · March 18, 1969
- LEONARD DODSONSpecialist Five · March 18, 1969
- JOE BUTLER EASTERNPrivate First Class · March 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WILLIAM PARHAMSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 71
- DAVID SEELEY PELLEWStaff Sergeant · Panel 29W, Line 72
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.