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DUANE EDWARD LITZINGER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 14, 1934 – February 6, 1968
Service recordDuane Edward Litzinger, of Waite Park, Minnesota, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 14, 1934
- Home of record
- Waite Park, Minnesota (Stearns County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1968
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
147 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1968; five of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 140 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 60
- RONALD LEE KOCHPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- RONALD EUGENE KONWINSKIPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- EDWARD JOHN KOWSKI JRFirst Lieutenant · February 6, 1968
- ANDREW MARTIN LARSONPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MELVIN JOHN BYERSPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 49
- ALBERT RANDOLPH FOGG IIISpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 55
- PETER RAYMOND HANSEN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 57
- ALLEN HIDEO HARANOPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 57
- MICHAEL MULLERVYPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 63
- DENNIS DEAN NEHRINGPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 64
- RICHARD CONAWAY OBRIENSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 65
- AURELIO R RAMON JRSergeant · Panel 37E, Line 67
- TERRENCE EDWARD STAUDOHARSergeant · Panel 37E, Line 70
- JOSE ANTONIO TRAVIESOPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 72
- JAMES LEROY WISE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 74
- RAYFIELD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 75
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.