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WILLIAM TOWNSLEY DEUEL
Captain · U.S. Army
October 24, 1938 – September 30, 1966
Service recordWilliam Townsley Deuel, of Springfield, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on September 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 30
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 24, 1938
- Home of record
- Springfield, Illinois (Sangamon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 30, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date September 30, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 30
- LANHAM ODELL BROYLESSpecialist Four · September 30, 1966
- ELMER EUGENE COTNEYSpecialist Four · September 30, 1966
- LOUIS PHILLIP GAGNE JRSpecialist Four · September 30, 1966
- IRVIN JAMES HOPKINSPrivate First Class · September 30, 1966
From Springfield
- ROBERT JOHN ACHASLance Corporal · March 14, 1965
- GLEN EDWARDS KINGLance Corporal · September 10, 1965
- GERALD WILLIAM BRASCHESergeant · September 23, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL JOYCEPrivate First Class · October 26, 1966
- DONALD LEE SCHROEDERSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- THOMAS LYNN LESTERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD HELLYERPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- WILLIAM DEAN MARTINLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM T MCDANIELSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- BOBBY GENE BROWNSpecialist Four · November 30, 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.