Name: 1LT Toby Richard Gritz
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 03/25/1970 while performing the duty of Aircraft Commander.
Age at death: 25.3
Date of Birth: 12/09/1944
Home City: Santa Barbara, CA
Service: reserve component of the U.S. Marine Corps.
Unit: HML-367
Service: U.S. Marine Corps.
The Wall location: 12W-042
Short Summary: Mid-air over Marble Mountain - hit aircraft piloted by Roger Lakin. See Justus and Sacharanski.
Aircraft: AH-1G tail number 68-15213
Call sign: SCARFACE
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 7565 = Pilot AH-1 Qualified
Primary cause: Mid-Air
Started Tour: 11/04/1969
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - other aircrew
Length of service: 04
Location: Quang Nam Province I Corps.
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Non-hostile - died of other causes
married male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Roman Catholic
Burial information: BARRANCAS NATIONAL CEMETERY, PENSACOLA FL
This record was last updated on 07/30/1990
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