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JAMES WILLIAM LITZLER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 21, 1949 – June 15, 1968
Service recordJames William Litzler, of Flagstaff, Arizona, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 15, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 28
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Flagstaff, Arizona (Coconino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1968; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 28
- ALBERT LEONARD GUNNCorporal · June 15, 1968
- GERALD HENRY LAVOIECorporal · June 15, 1968
- GUADALUPE LERMAPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- DOUGLAS EUGENE LONGSergeant · June 15, 1968
From Flagstaff
- BRADLEY A WALKERPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
- VINCENT B BAKERPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
- NED LEEPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- MELVIN DEW NEWTONSpecialist Four · March 29, 1968
- JAMES LAVERN HARBOTTLECorporal · August 21, 1968
- RICHARD ANDRADELance Corporal · February 3, 1969
- DALE EUGENE CRICKLance Corporal · February 11, 1969
- RICHARD DAVID HULSECaptain · March 23, 1970
- JAMES MARK DAVISSergeant · May 8, 1970
- DAN OWEN FELTSSergeant · September 20, 1970
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.