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LARRY JOHN FRITZGERALD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 16, 1946 – January 21, 1968
Service recordLarry John Fritzgerald, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 21, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Materiel Control And Accounting Specialist (76P)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1968; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 5
- MERLE CLAYTON EICHER JRLance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- JERRY W ELLIOTTStaff Sergeant · January 21, 1968
- ALBERT EVANSPrivate First Class · January 21, 1968
- EUGENE THOMAS FRALEYPetty Officer Second Class · January 21, 1968
From Grand Rapids
- MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MORONEYCaptain · December 14, 1965
- HERMAN LEROY HUEYSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID ORIN BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GARY SCOTT FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE FAUGHTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- EVERETTE ARTHUR THOMPSONPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- MATTHEW GEORGE MIEDEMAPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
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.