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MICHAEL NELSON LOITZ
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 16, 1947 – November 23, 1968
Service recordMichael Nelson Loitz, of Rootstown, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 23, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 44
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Rootstown, Ohio (Portage County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- 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 November 23, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 44
- PAUL ROSARIO LOFORTIWarrant Officer 1 · November 23, 1968
- JUAN A MARTINEZ-QUILES JRPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN MILKSSergeant · November 23, 1968
- RONALD YATES MILLERSpecialist Four · November 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID IVAN BRIGGSSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 40
- JAMES CLARK CARLSONPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 40
- JOHN WAYNE COLBERTPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 41
- ARNOLD RAYMOND DIEKEMASpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 42
- LESLIE A LEWISPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 43
- RICHARD ALLEN MILKSSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 44
- GRADY RAY NELSONSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 45
- ROBERT JOHN NIXONPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 45
- FRANK SANFILIPPOPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 46
- RICHARD CRAIG STEVENSSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 47
- JOSEPH DANIEL SZIDORPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 47
- TERREL JAMES VIDRINEPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 47
- MITCHEL RAY TYLERPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 48
- CARL J WINTERCaptain · Panel 38W, Line 48
From Rootstown
- JEFFERY LYNN GEIBCorporal · August 25, 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.