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ANDREW JOSEPH FRITSCH III
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 4, 1949 – August 10, 1970
Service recordAndrew Joseph Fritsch III, of Rochester, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 10, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 100
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Rochester, Pennsylvania (Beaver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1970; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 100
- DANNY LEO EVANSPrivate First Class · August 10, 1970
- STEPHEN THOMAS HENNESSYCorporal · August 10, 1970
- ANTHONY GEORGE KUBELUS JRSpecialist Four · August 10, 1970
- WILLIAM HOWARD KUSCHCorporal · August 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN THOMAS HENNESSYCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 100
- WILLIAM HOWARD KUSCHCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 100
From Rochester
- HOWARD MAXWELL EAKIN JRCaptain · June 5, 1963
- GARY LEONARD MILLERPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- JAMES EVERETT GRAHAM JRPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- LAWRENCE JAMES SNYDERCorporal · April 19, 1968
- THOMAS RICHARD BREWERCorporal · March 15, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.