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Jacob
Noel
Fritzfeveridge
POW (GWOT) KIA
September 28, 1981

–

January 20, 2007

Born:

Falls City

, 

Nebraska

Home:

Verdon

, 

Nebraska

Buried: 

Falls City

, 

Nebraska

Cemetery:

Saint Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery

Jacob Fritz graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 2005.

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    First Lieutenant (Infantry)

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Iraq)

    Action Date:

    January 20, 2007 – January 20, 2007

    Lieutenant (Infantry) Jacob Noel Fritz, United States Army, was captured by Armed Iraqi gunmen on 20 January 2007, while serving with the 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, and was executed the same day while being held as a Prisoner of War.