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ROBERT FRITSCHE JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 29, 1948 – April 15, 1968
Service recordRobert Fritsche JR, of Stockton, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 4
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Stockton, California (San Joaquin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1968; ten of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 4
- HOMER HOWARD HAWSCorporal · April 15, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE HEUERPrivate First Class · April 15, 1968
- RONALD LEE HOLTZHOUSERSergeant · April 15, 1968
- ROBERT EARL MALONEFirst Lieutenant · April 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD GUNNAR ANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 3
- JERRY WAYNE HEUERPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 4
- GEORGE J ECONOMOUS JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 50E, Line 5
- ROBERT WILLIAM GRANTSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 5
- LAUREN DALE HUERDSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 5
- EDWARD ANTHONY RHODEPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 7
- LARRY EUGENE SLOANSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 8
- STEVEN DEAN SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 9
From Stockton
- RAPHAEL CRUZStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1963
- RICHARD LEBROU WHITESIDESCaptain · March 26, 1964
- ROLAND VINCENT JAGER JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1964
- ROBERT SANCHEZ FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · May 20, 1965
- BENJIMAN BROOKSSergeant · November 18, 1965
- ROMIRO C RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · December 1, 1965
- RONALD EUGENE CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- STANLEY KENTON SEMLERPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN WAGNERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JOHN LEIGH MCCARTYCorporal · March 28, 1966
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.