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DAVID BARTLETT FITZGERALD
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 6, 1933 – April 5, 1971
Service recordDavid Bartlett Fitzgerald, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 108
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Communitions Chief (31G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- September 6, 1933
- Home of record
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1971
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1971; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 108
- RICHARD LEWIS DANIELSPetty Officer Second Class ·
- PAUL PHILIP CABESergeant · April 5, 1971
- RAY GLEN DESMONDSpecialist Four · April 5, 1971
- GARY JAMES FIEDLERPrivate First Class · April 5, 1971
- ARTHUR GLASSMaster Sergeant · April 5, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RAY GLEN DESMONDSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 108
- ARTHUR GLASSMaster Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 108
- JAMES ARTHUR LOUXSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 109
- WILLIAM CLAYTON MCDOWELLSergeant First Class · Panel 4W, Line 109
From Milwaukee
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCHWENDLERCorporal · November 16, 1965
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.