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TIM LAVERN FRITZE
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
May 11, 1949 – June 19, 1968
Service recordTim Lavern Fritze, of Nashua, Iowa, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 19, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 33
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Nashua, Iowa (Chickasaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 33
- JOHN ROBERT DOWLINGPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- GLENN HENRY DUSBABEKLance Corporal · June 19, 1968
- RICHARD THOMAS DUTROPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- LEONARDO LOPEZ-VAZQUEZPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
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.