United States of AmericaPOW / MIA · Still unaccounted for
U.S. Navy · United States 
Lieutenant Richard Carl Deuter served in the U.S. Navy. Richard served aboard VA 196. Richard served in the Vietnam War and the Cold War. Richard was 25 years old.
How He Died
Manner
Undetermined
Cause
Multiple traumatic injuries
Circumstance
Missing in action
Keepsakes
Service Record
U.S. Navy
1320: Unrestricted Line Officer (Naval Flight Officer)
URL NAVAL FLIGHT OFFICER
CHICAGO, IL
1978
Pay grade O03. DCAS record DCAS-VN-013088.
Conflicts
Awards & Decorations
5
Foreign awards
Memorials
Burial Information
Cemetery
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
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Richard Carl Deuter
Lieutenant
U.S. Navy
- 1978
Attack Squadron 196
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