Dieter Dengler
Recipient of the Purple Heart medal
Died when: 62 years 261 days (752 months)Star Sign: Gemini
Dieter Dengler (May 22, 1938 – February 7, 2001) was a German-born United States Navy aviator during the Vietnam War and, following six months of imprisonment and torture, became the second captured U.S. airman to escape enemy captivity during the war.
Of seven prisoners of war who escaped together from a Pathet Lao prison camp in Laos, Dengler was one of two survivors (the other was Thai citizen Phisit Intharathat).
Dengler was rescued after 23 days on the run.After the war, he worked as a test pilot of private aircraft and commercial airline pilot.
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