Later Years
In 1996, Deatrick portrayed himself in Little Dieter Needs to Fly, the Werner Herzog documentary about the escape and rescue of Dieter Dengler. In 1997, Deatrick was interviewed by the Air Force Historian, Dr. Richard P. Hallion, during the review of Operation TAILWIND. On March 9, 1999, on the thirty-third anniversary of the Battle of A Shau, Deatrick and other members of the 1st ACS gathered at a Pentagon ceremony to honor Bernie Fisher. In 2007, he attended the premier of Rescue Dawn at Andrews AFB and spoke of his role in Dengler's rescue. Deatrick currently serves as an aerospace representative in the Washington, D.C. area for several companies. As of 2012, he lives in Alexandria, Virginia and has two sons and two grandsons. Deatrick's wife of 55 years, Zane, died in January 2012 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
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