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THOMAS EDMUND SPITZER
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
June 17, 1941 – October 26, 1966
Service recordThomas Edmund Spitzer, of Baldwin, North Dakota, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 26, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 115
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- June 17, 1941
- Home of record
- Baldwin, North Dakota (Burleigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Ship/Submarine Accident At Sea (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 11E, Line 115
- ALVIN MARION SHIFFLETT JRPetty Officer Third Class · October 26, 1966
- GERALD WILLIAM SIEBELieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- JAMES ANDREW SMITHLieutenant Commander · October 26, 1966
- HOWARD DAVID STRAUSSLance Corporal · October 26, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM RICHARD CLEMENTSLieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 11E, Line 106
- CODY ALLEN BALISTERILieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 11E, Line 107
- JOSSLYN F BLAKELY JRLieutenant · Panel 11E, Line 107
- CHARLES WILSON BOGGSEnsign · Panel 11E, Line 107
- JAMES LEWIS BREWERLieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 11E, Line 107
- RODNEY BALAAM CARTERCommander · Panel 11E, Line 107
- JOHN FREDRICK FRANCISLieutenant · Panel 11E, Line 109
- JACK HAROLD HARRISCommander · Panel 11E, Line 111
- CLYDE RAY WELCHCommander · Panel 11E, Line 111
- DANIEL OLMSTEAD KERNEnsign · Panel 11E, Line 112
- NORMAN STANLEY LEVYLieutenant Commander · Panel 11E, Line 112
- CLARENCE DALE MILLERLieutenant · Panel 11E, Line 113
- OMAR RAY FORDLieutenant Commander · Panel 11E, Line 114
- JOHN JOSEPH NUSSBAUMERCommander · Panel 11E, Line 114
- JAMES ANDREW SMITHLieutenant Commander · Panel 11E, Line 115
- WILLIAM ALLEN JOHNSONLieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 11E, Line 116
- RONALD ENRIQUE TARDIOEnsign · Panel 11E, Line 116
- WILLIAM WALLINGFireman · Panel 11E, Line 116
- JAMES RAYMOND WELSHLieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 11E, Line 117
From Baldwin
- DAN LEON HERDEBUSpecialist Four · March 10, 1968
- NORMAN ANTHONY EMINETHSergeant · May 22, 1970
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.