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FREDERIC WILLIAM FRITTS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 8, 1943 – June 29, 1966
Service recordFrederic William Fritts, of Beaumont, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 108
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 8, 1943
- Home of record
- Beaumont, Texas (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8E, Line 108
- HARRY BURKLEY FORBESSpecialist Five · June 29, 1966
- DENNIS HARRY GINTERLance Corporal · June 29, 1966
- FRANK GRAVESPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- RICHARD LEE HIDOSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MALCOLM CRAYTON BERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 106
- JOHN JOSEPH BERTHELPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 107
- ROBERT MICHAEL BOWMANPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 107
- JESSE CLARENCE FELDERSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 107
- FRANK GRAVESPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 108
- RICHARD LEE HIDOSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 108
- TOMMY ROY JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 109
- ALBERT RAYMOND POTTERSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 109
- LESLIE R SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 109
- FRANCIS GEORGE STEVENSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 110
- PAUL JOSEPH SURETTEPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 110
From Beaumont
- JAMES LOUIS ALLENPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS HOPKINSSpecialist Five · February 6, 1966
- WARREN SHELBY MCELHANONPrivate First Class · March 9, 1966
- JOHN HENRY EAGLINSergeant · April 11, 1966
- DENNIS LEE REEVESSergeant · April 14, 1966
- BRENT IKE GRIGGSPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- CLAUDE BENJAMIN RUSH JRStaff Sergeant · December 29, 1966
- CLAIR LEONARD RAY SAINTCorporal · February 26, 1967
- LARRY WAYNE WILKERSONPrivate First Class · April 20, 1967
- LEONARD BURTON POORESpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
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.