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LEONARD EUGENE FRITZ
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 27, 1948 – November 16, 1967
Service recordLeonard Eugene Fritz, of Superior, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 16, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 2
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- December 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Superior, Arizona (Pinal County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 2
- GERALD CRAGGSergeant · November 16, 1967
- KEITH A FELTZSpecialist Four · November 16, 1967
- RICHARD JOSEPH HAMMERLance Corporal · November 16, 1967
- MARK THOMAS HOWARDCorporal · November 16, 1967
From Superior
- MANUEL GUTIERREZ YBARRAPrivate First Class · August 24, 1967
- ROY GEREAD DORSETTSergeant · June 29, 1968
- ALBERT MANUEL MENDOZACorporal · March 22, 1969
- ROBERT LUIS ROMEROPrivate First Class · June 5, 1969
- JERRELL RAY JONESPrivate First Class · October 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.