Charles Edward Deitsch, age 46, from Mt. Dora, Florida, Lake county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, October 20, 1968
Death details: On November 13, 2000, Joint Task Force–Full Accounting (JTF-FA, now DPAA) identified the remains of Chief Warrant Officer 4 Charles Edward Deitsch, missing from the Vietnam War. Chief Warrant Officer 4 Deitsch entered the U.S. Army from Florida and served with the 243rd Assault Helicopter Company, 10th Combat Aviation Battalion. On October 20, 1968, he was the aircraft commander aboard a CH-47A Chinook (tail number 66-19053, call sign “Freight Train 53”) that took off from Dong Ba Thien Airfield, South Vietnam, on a resupply mission to Ban Me Thuot. While over the Ninh Hoa Valley, the aircraft crashed for unknown reasons, killing CW4 Deitsch. His body was not recovered at the time of his loss. The crash site was eventually located in Khan Hoa Province and in 1995, a U.S. investigative team recovered human remains that analysts were able to identify as those of CW4 Deitsch.
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, findagrave.com
