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DAVID AARON RITZSCHKE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 2, 1945 – July 15, 1967
Service recordDavid Aaron Ritzschke, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 15, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman (1833)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 1 AMTRAC BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- March 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A CO 1 AMTRAC BN 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 78
- RONALD FELTON POOLEAirman First Class · July 15, 1967
- JAMES HENRY PRICEAirman Second Class · July 15, 1967
- RAYMOND RUIZLance Corporal · July 15, 1967
- EDWARD STEVEN SACCOSpecialist Four · July 15, 1967
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 1965
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.