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RICHARD PAUL RITZLER
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 15, 1949 – February 23, 1969
Service recordRichard Paul Ritzler, of Tiffin, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 18
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Tiffin, Ohio (Seneca County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 18
- THEODORE J PAWLOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- CARL JOSEPH RIEDERERPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- HAROLD KENNETH RINGFirst Lieutenant · February 23, 1969
- FRED LEROY ROACH JRLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JESSE DALE CARPENTERSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 92
- DUANE AULDON DOWNINGSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 96
From Tiffin
- GRANT CARL TAYLORPrivate · June 5, 1967
- HOWARD ALBERT STRAUSBAUGHLance Corporal · March 9, 1968
- LAWRENCE GILBERT BARGAHEISERGunnery Sergeant · August 6, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLE SIEBENALLERSpecialist Four · October 27, 1968
- ROBERT LEE LUSTERStaff Sergeant · January 23, 1969
- ROBERT EUGENE ASKAMPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
- WILLIS EUGENE KERLIN JRSergeant · September 26, 1971
- DONALD CHARLES TALLMANPrivate First Class · October 30, 1971
- ROY DEWITT PRATERTechnical Sergeant · April 6, 1972
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.