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DAVID EDWARD FITZGERALD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 17, 1945 – August 2, 1969
Service recordDavid Edward Fitzgerald, of Oak Lawn, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 86
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Oak Lawn, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1969. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 86
- THOMAS LAMONTE DIVES JRWarrant Officer 1 · August 2, 1969
- JAMES STEVENS DRAVIS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 2, 1969
- WILLIAM THOMAS GRESHAM JRSpecialist Four · August 2, 1969
- HAL KENT HENDERSONFirst Lieutenant · August 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GARRY DWIGHT BARBEECorporal · Panel 20W, Line 88
- ROBERT LYNN SHOOKSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 89
From Oak Lawn
- TERRENCE LEE SOUHRADAPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- STEPHEN FRANK JALLOWAYSergeant · December 15, 1966
- JOHN DANIEL GILGENBERGLance Corporal · May 10, 1967
- WARREN OWINGS KENEIPP JRCaptain · July 2, 1967
- BERNARD FRANCIS FORDAirman First Class · July 5, 1967
- BOBBY DANIEL MATHENYStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1968
- JOSEPH SALVATORE PERYSIANSeaman · March 14, 1968
- RONALD LEE ZACHSpecialist Four · April 3, 1968
- THOMAS STEPHEN COLELance Corporal · April 27, 1968
- WILLIAM HARLEY GIBBS JRPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
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.