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JERALD DUANE FRITZ
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 7, 1945 – June 30, 1966
Service recordJerald Duane Fritz, of Bay City, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 30, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 111
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Bay City, Michigan (Bay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 111
- ARNOLDO J CARDENASPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- DAVID ALLEN FERRAROPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- DAVID KEITH HIGHTFirst Lieutenant · June 30, 1966
- PETER EDWARD ODENWELLERFirst Lieutenant · June 30, 1966
From Bay City
- MICHAEL EDWARD ALDERSONPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- JOHN DONALD ROCHESergeant First Class · December 15, 1967
- JAMES LARRY BURNEYPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- ALGER LAWRENCE WHITE JRSpecialist Five · February 7, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN BENSONPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES KLINELance Corporal · April 10, 1968
- JESSE CARMONA JRCorporal · May 3, 1968
- TERRANCE W ALLENSergeant · May 6, 1968
- ROGER RALPH MOLLSpecialist Four · August 23, 1968
- MICHAEL MURRAY DAVIDSONPrivate First Class · February 9, 1969
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.