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DAVID GERALD RITZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 5, 1950 – November 26, 1969
Service recordDavid Gerald Ritz, of Croghan, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 26, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 126
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 5, 1950
- Home of record
- Croghan, New York (Lewis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 126
- ARTHUR JOHN RAMBOStaff Sergeant · November 26, 1969
- TERRY LYNN REXROATPrivate First Class · November 26, 1969
- BARRY FRANK SCOTTSpecialist Four · November 26, 1969
- WILLIAM F VANCLEAVEPrivate First Class · November 26, 1969
From Croghan
- THOMAS HENRY KLOSTERSpecialist Four · November 13, 1968
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.