Deatrick
Deatrick is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Eugene Peyton Deatrick (1924–2020), United States Air Force colonel, test pilot, and combat veteran * Janet A. Deatrick, American professor of nursing See also * Deatrick Nichols (born 1994), gridiron football cornerback * Detrick (other) * Dietrich (other) Dietrich is a given name. Dietrich may also refer to: * Dietrich, Idaho, United States * Dietrich, Pennsylvania * Dietrich Industries * Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences, at Carnegie Mellon University * Dietrich School of Ar ...

Eugene Peyton Deatrick
Eugene Peyton Deatrick Jr. (November 17, 1924 – December 30, 2020) was a United States Air Force Colonel (United States), 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 Henderson (author), Bruce Henderson. Early life and education Eugene P. Deatrick Jr. was born November 17, 1924, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the only child of Dr. Lily Bell Sefton Deatrick and Dr. Eugene P. Deatrick, Sr. He grew up in Morgantown, West Virginia where his mother was a professor of Chemistry and his father a professor of Agriculture at West Virginia University. Deatrick graduated from Jackson-Reed High School, Woodrow Wilson High School in Washington, D.C. in 1942. During his firs ...
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