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RAYMOND WILBERT FRITZ JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 28, 1947 – October 4, 1967
Service recordRaymond Wilbert Fritz JR, of Bloomfield, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 4, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 47
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Bloomfield, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1967; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 47
- LAURENCE CRIS ZIETLOWSergeant Major · October 3, 1967
- MAX WAYNE BATCHELORSergeant · October 4, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS DEWALDPrivate · October 4, 1967
- HERMAN ELLIS JRLance Corporal · October 4, 1967
From Bloomfield
- WILLIAM ERNEST SWAYKOSSpecialist Four · January 23, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD MYERSLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- THOMAS MICHAEL MCLAUGHLINCorporal · July 7, 1967
- THOMAS ROBERT BOYDENPrivate First Class · December 16, 1967
- MICHAEL BERNARD CERVERASpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANCIS BURNHAMPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- JOSEPH OLESON JRFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1968
- ROBERT GERALD DODSONFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1968
- CHESTER COSGROVELance Corporal · November 17, 1968
- CHARLES FREDERICK ABENECaptain · November 19, 1968
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.