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JOHN WILLIAM FRITTER
Airman · U.S. Navy
May 3, 1949 – November 14, 1969
Service recordJohn William Fritter, of Richards, Missouri, served as an Airman in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 14, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 74
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. Navy
- Rank
- Airman (AN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Airman (AN)
- Born
- May 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Richards, Missouri (Vernon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 74
- VICTOR MILFORD HAGLUND JRPrivate First Class · November 14, 1969
- JOHN ALLAN HOWEStaff Sergeant · November 14, 1969
- DANIEL LEE JURGENSENPrivate First Class · November 14, 1969
- ERNEST JAMES LAGRAYPrivate · November 14, 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.