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== Military career ==
Fritz enlisted in the Waffen SS on 14 March 1972. He completed Argentine-based Waffen SS training and later served in overseas security and expeditionary postings. The Waffen SS functioned as the combat and field military branch of the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen.<ref name="waffen-ss"/>

On 1 May 1981, Fritz was promoted to Hauptsturmführer. By June 1983, he was assigned to the 7th Waffen SS Feldkommando Ekona during Aktion Zentralafrika.<ref name="martinez-early-life"/>

During the final day of the campaign, Fritz commanded a squad operating near Ekona in Cameroon.<ref name="martinez-early-life"/>