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FITZ-RANDOLPH BU MCBRIDE
Captain · U.S. Army
August 29, 1939 – April 17, 1967
Service recordFitz-Randolph Bu McBride, of Portuguese Bend, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 40
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 29, 1939
- Home of record
- Portuguese Bend, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1967; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 40
- JOHN FREDERICK BENSE JRSergeant · April 17, 1967
- FRANCISCO GARZAPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- JOHNNY WAYNE GOULDStaff Sergeant · April 17, 1967
- JAMES CARLOS HELTONMaster Sergeant · April 17, 1967
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.