THE WALL OF FACES

CAPT George Ross Spitz is buried in a group grave in Section 34, Site 4402 of the Arlington National Cemetery. He is buried along with 1LT Robert Bernhardt, CAPT Arthur Bollinger, SGT Dale Brandenburg, SGT Peter Cressman, SGT Joseph Matejov, SSGT Todd Melton, and 1LT Severo Primm III.

Their sacrifices are not forgotten.

HOOAH

George, my dad was in Vietnam. When I was 15 we went to DC. i bought a bracelet for MIA and POW. I got yours. Never have i forgotten you. Iwas hoping you would be found and I could visit you. I hope yoi are at peace. I love you for what you stood for. RIP my friend. I have never forgotten you and im 45!

I have had the bracelet with Capt Spitz’ name on it since the mid 1990’s. We must always remember those who served our country.

Former MIA Captain George Ross Spitz, U.S. Military Academy Preparatory School Class of 1962, U.S. Air Force Academy Class of 1966, has his name chiseled into one of the stone "Courts of the Missing" (Vietnam War Section, Court "A" (Air Force)) at the Honolulu Memorial in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (the "Punchbowl") on the island of Oahu in the state of Hawaii. See the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) website at this link:

https://www.abmc.gov/decedent-search/spitz%3Dgeorge

The remains of Capt. Spitz were recovered on 9 February 1993 and identified on 27 October 1995.

Information about the shoot-down of an EC-47Q Skytrain from the 361st TEWS, 56th SOW, piloted by former MIA Captain George Ross Spitz, USAFA Class of 1966, and the subsequent loss of 8 crewmen in Southeast Asia (SEA) (over Laos) on 5 February 1973 is available at this link/URL on the Vietnam Air Losses website:

https://vietnamairlosses.com/loss.php?id=3110