DIEHL, WILLIAM CALVIN
Remains returned 1974
Name: William Calvin Diehl
Branch/Rank: 469th
Tactical Fighter Squadron
Unit: United States Air Force/O3
Date of Birth: 09 June 1933
Home City of Record: BARTLESVILLE OK
Date of Loss: 07 November 1967
Country of Loss: North Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 213500 North 1065800 East
Status (in 1973): Presumptive Finding of Death
Category: 1
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: F105
Missions:
Other Personnel in Incident:
Refno: 0894
Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following: raw
data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA
families, published sources, interviews and CACCF = Combined Action
Combat Casualty File. 2020
REMARKS: 03/06/74 REMAINS RETURNED
Border Lang Son/Quang Ninh, 15 miles from China, 5 miles NW of Dinh Lap
CACCF CRASH/PILOT DIC
No further information available at this time.
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01/2020
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On April 22, 1974, the Central Identification Laboratory-Thailand (CILT, now DPAA) identified the remains of Lieutenant Colonel William Calvin Diehl, missing from the Vietnam War.
Lieutenant Colonel Diehl joined the U.S. Air Force from Oklahoma and was a member of the 469th Tactical Fighter Squadron. On November 7, 1967, he piloted an F-105D Thunderchief on an attack mission against Lang Gai railyard in North Vietnam. Lieutenant Diehl's aircraft was shot down during the mission, and he was forced to eject. He was taken as a prisoner of war by enemy forces, and died shortly after entering enemy captivity. The Vietnamese government returned Lt Col Diehl's remains to U.S. custody in March 1974, and U.S. analysts confirmed the identification shortly thereafter.
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