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ROBERT FRANKLIN NITZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 17, 1947 – November 9, 1967
Service recordRobert Franklin Nitz, of Wyoming, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 9, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 61
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- September 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Wyoming, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1967; 19 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 61
- DENNIS RICHARD PODGORNYCorporal · November 9, 1967
- TOMAS GARCIA REYESStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1967
- ROBERT E SCHARON IIICorporal · November 9, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES SEDGWICKSpecialist Four · November 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JERRY WAYNE GENTRYPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 57
From Wyoming
- ROBIN LEE CHILVEREPetty Officer Third Class · April 30, 1967
- EDWARD JOHN WESSELSAirman Apprentice · July 29, 1967
- MICHAEL J SEADORFSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- FREDERICK LYLE KRUGERLance Corporal · March 19, 1968
- GEORGE ROBERT PECKHAMLance Corporal · April 4, 1968
- MARK KELLOGG HAGECorporal · August 5, 1968
- BRUCE CAMERON PALMERWarrant Officer 1 · August 27, 1968
- STEPHEN JOSEPH HOOGTERPPrivate First Class · October 11, 1968
- LARRY ALLEN BODELLWarrant Officer 1 · February 19, 1969
- RONALD J VANDENBERGSergeant · March 3, 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.