Deane, William Lawrence
Army Lieutenant colonel

William Lawrence Deane, age 38, from Orlando, Florida, Orange county.

Spouse: Ingrid Deane
Children: Three children

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Monday, January 8, 1973
Death details: On October 5, 1999, Joint Task Force-Full Accounting (JTF-FA, now DPAA) identified the remains of Lieutenant Colonel William Lawrence Deane, missing from the Vietnam War. Lieutenant Colonel Deane joined the U.S. Army from Florida and was a member of the Headquarters, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam. On January 8, 1973, he was a passenger aboard a UH-1H Iroquois (tail number 69-15619) on a support mission over Quang Tri Province, Vietnam. The Iroquois was shot down during the mission, and LTC Deane was killed in the incident. Enemy presence in the area prevented ground searches for the helicopter and its crew. In 1996, a joint U.S. and Vietnamese investigative team recovered remains from a site associated with this loss. In 1999, forensic analysis identified the recovered remains as those of LTC Deane.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Washington Post (1976), Orlando Sentinel (2000)