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PHILIP ALON TRITSCH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 10, 1943 – January 28, 1969
Service recordPhilip Alon Tritsch, of Nevada City, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 11
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 10, 1943
- Home of record
- Nevada City, California (Nevada County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1969; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 11
- CARL DALE PIPHERSpecialist Four · January 28, 1969
- WILLIAM MICHAEL THOMASPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- LAVALLE WALKERPrivate · January 28, 1969
- MICHAEL WILSON BAILEYPrivate First Class · January 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ANDRE REMI BELLEMAREPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 5
- GARY EDWARD COLLINSSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 6
- DON ROBERT KLEINPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 8
- DENNIS VARIS LEESergeant · Panel 33W, Line 8
From Nevada City
- EDWARD ALLAN JOSEPH OWNBYPetty Officer Second Class · June 9, 1965
- RONALD JAMES WALBERSpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
- MICHAEL DENNIS GOELLERSpecialist Four · June 1, 1969
- JAMES FREDERICK DEEBLEFirst Lieutenant · April 18, 1970
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.