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THOMAS PAUL DEITEMEYER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 23, 1946 – February 12, 1967
Service recordThomas Paul Deitemeyer, of Richmond, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1967, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 19
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Richmond, Indiana (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1967; two of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 19
- KEVIN JAMES CARROLLPrivate First Class · February 12, 1967
- ALLEN DE-NICOLAStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1967
- CLAY EDWARD DOWNEYSergeant · February 12, 1967
From Richmond
- CURTIS LAMARR FOSTERPrivate First Class · June 6, 1965
- JON DAVID VANNATTALance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- KARL EDWIN KLUTECaptain · March 14, 1966
- JESSE FLOYD WAGESSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- BURNIE HARRISStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1966
- TERRY LEE WILESPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- DAVID ALLEN DOWNINGSergeant · March 11, 1967
- THOMAS CLAYTON BENGESergeant First Class · June 25, 1967
- TERRI LEIGH HINESPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- EDDIE JAMES ALLENSergeant First Class · August 22, 1967
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.