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THOMAS ALBERT FRITZER JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 12, 1949 – October 13, 1969
Service recordThomas Albert Fritzer JR, of North Granby, Connecticut, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 73
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 12, 1949
- Home of record
- North Granby, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 73
- JOHN KENNETH KRUEGERLance Corporal · May 8, 1969
- WILLIE FRED CATOSpecialist Five · October 13, 1969
- MICHAEL PETER DZIENGELSpecialist Five · October 13, 1969
- RONALD CHARLES EDWARDSLance Corporal · October 13, 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.