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DAVID A KREITZER
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
April 20, 1946 – December 2, 1967
Service recordDavid A Kreitzer, of Laconia, New Hampshire, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 24
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 54 AVN CO
- Born
- April 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Laconia, New Hampshire (Belknap County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 24
- THOMAS LEANDRA HERRINGPrivate First Class · December 2, 1967
- RICHARD ALTON HOLLOWAYSpecialist Four · December 2, 1967
- SAMUEL HENRY HOWARDSergeant First Class · December 2, 1967
- WALLACE WILSON LEEPERChief Warrant Officer 3 · December 2, 1967
From Laconia
- JAY ALLEN HURDPrivate First Class · September 1, 1966
- PETER WHITCOMB MORRISONFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1967
- JONATHAN CHARLE WHITTICOMLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES PLOURDECorporal · May 28, 1968
- ROBERT PAUL AHERNSpecialist Five · March 30, 1969
- GARY ROY SMITHSpecialist Four · April 27, 1969
- JAMES EVERETT SAWYER JRCorporal · June 14, 1969
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.