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TOBY RICHARD GRITZ
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 9, 1944 – March 25, 1970
Service recordToby Richard Gritz, of Santa Barbara, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 25, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 42
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Hmh/M/L/A Ah-1 Qualified (I) (7565)
- Born
- December 9, 1944
- Home of record
- Santa Barbara, California (Santa Barbara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 42
- HAROLD JAMES HARTWELLPetty Officer Third Class · March 25, 1970
- DENNIS LEO HAYESSpecialist Four · March 25, 1970
- KENNETH HARRY HEITMANNSergeant · March 25, 1970
- JOSEPH BERNARD HORSMANStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1970
From Santa Barbara
- WILLIAM EDWARD CORDEROMajor · June 22, 1965
- DENNIS PHILIP COOKLieutenant · April 6, 1966
- MICHAEL NOBLE CORYELLWarrant Officer 1 · October 30, 1966
- TERRY WAYNE SHALHOOBLance Corporal · December 23, 1966
- BRUCE EDWARD HOLDERMANHospitalman · December 28, 1966
- DONALD CARYL GRANEYMajor · February 24, 1967
- MICHAEL CHARLES DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- STEPHEN BROWNING NEALPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
- JERRY HAROLD GEORGESCorporal · March 23, 1967
- JOHN CAREY JRCorporal · July 28, 1967
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.