Walter O. Fritz

Walter Oskar Fritz, Sr. (7 March 1921 in Massachusetts - 13 November 2007 in Lee, Maine) was a German Russian American Staff Sergeant in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.

Biography
Walter was born in the state of Massachusetts on 7 March 1921. He was the son of Walter and Emma Fritz who also had a daughter named Esther. After graduating from the Westfield Trade School he enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces on 18 June 1943 serving in World War II until being discharged on 14 February 1946. After the war he worked at Westfield Trade High School in the Carpentry Department in the late 1960s retiring in the 1990s. After his retirement he settled in Lee, Maine where he passed away on 13 November 2007. His body was returned to Westfield and buried in the St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery.