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EDWARD R SITZ
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
February 25, 1948 – April 21, 1973
Service recordEdward R Sitz, of Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 21, 1973, in Thailand, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 117
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee (Hardin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1973
- Age
- 25
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1973. In April 1973, 6 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 117
- SAMUEL LARRY JAMESCaptain · April 18, 1973
- DOUGLAS KENT MARTINCaptain · April 18, 1973
- LARRY EDWARD LAWSONPrivate First Class · April 30, 1973
- JEREMIAH FREDERICK COSTELLOCaptain · May 25, 1973
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.