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Eugene Peyton Deatrick, Jr. is a retired United States Air Force colonel, test pilot, and combat veteran. He is best recognized for his role in the rescue of United States Navy Lieutenant Dieter Dengler during the Vietnam War. The rescue was recounted in the Werner Herzog films Little Dieter Needs to Fly and Rescue Dawn and the national bestseller Hero Found: The Greatest POW Escape of the Vietnam War by author Bruce B. Henderson.
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November 17th, 1924 in Pittsburgh (Age 100)
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2019/02/27
The Celebrity Name has been changed from Eugene Deatrick, Jr.
2019/02/27
The Celebrity Name has been changed from Eugene Deatrick Jr.
2019/02/27
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