He graduated from the U.S. Army Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia in 1933, and subsequently served for two years as Advisor-Instructor of a Marine Reserve battalion in Philadelphia.

He later served as regimental executive officer during the assault on Roi-Namur, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, where he earned his first Silver Star.

General Litzenberg returned to the United States in April 1951 and was assigned duties at Marine Corps Headquarters, Washington.

There, he served as senior member of the United Nations Command component of the Military Armistice Commission, negotiating with the Communists at Panmunjom.

His various ranks and the dates on which he was promoted are: Litzenberg died of cancer[2] on June 27, 1963, and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

There is a suite named in his honor at the bachelor officer quarters at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune.