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- Name:
- James H. Deister
- State of Birth:
- KS
- Home State:
- KS
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
- War or Conflict
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Military Status
- Veteran
- Dates of Service
- 1966-1968
- Entrance into Service
- Enlisted
- Branch of Service
- Army
- Unit of Service
- 15th Engineer Battalion, 9th Infantry Division
- Location of Service
- Mekong Delta, Vietnam
- Battles/Campaigns
- Operation Coronado I, II, III, Operation Enterprise
- Highest Rank
- Corporal
- Prisoner of War
- No
- Service History Note
- Special duties/highlights/achievements include: "demolitions specialist, participating in operations with infantry including reconnaissance platoon." He was seriously wounded 11/17/1967, the day after his 22nd birthday, during Operation Coronado III.
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- Type of Resource:
- Manuscript: Memoirs [1 item] -- Handwritten document
- Video: MiniDV [1 item] -- Oral history interview
- Video: DVD [1 item] -- Reference copy
- Interviewer:
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Michelle Keomanivong
- Interviewer:
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Seda Ly
- Contributor:
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Jerry McNerney
- Contributor Affiliation/Organization:
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U.S. House of Representatives/Jerry McNerney
- Collection #:
- AFC/2001/001/67888
- Subjects:
- Deister, James H.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal Narratives
- United States. Army.
- Cite as:
- James H. Deister Collection
(AFC/2001/001/67888), Veterans History Project,
American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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