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MICHAEL JOSEPH TRITICO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 15, 1944 – April 29, 1966
Service recordMichael Joseph Tritico, of Houston, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 12
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 15, 1944
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 12
- JOSE FERMI RIVERA-BARRETOPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- JASPER STEPHENS JRSergeant · April 29, 1966
- DAVID STEVENS JRLance Corporal · April 29, 1966
- WILBERT EUGENE WAXTONPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL HENRY BALLSpecialist Five · Panel 7E, Line 6
- TOMMY LEE BOATWRIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 7
- ROBERT ENOCH FOSTER JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 8
- JAMES EARL CUNNINGHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 9
- DARYL LEE KADOUSPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 9
- JAMES ARTHUR LEVINGSTONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 10
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · Panel 7E, Line 10
- JAMES RONNIE MOLLETTESergeant · Panel 7E, Line 10
- JOSE FERMI RIVERA-BARRETOPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 12
- JASPER STEPHENS JRSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 12
- WILBERT EUGENE WAXTONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 12
- JULIAN B WILLOUGHBYStaff Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 13
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.