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GEORGE RICHARD FITZGERALD
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 9, 1944 – September 17, 1966
Service recordGeorge Richard Fitzgerald, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 17, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 106
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- February 9, 1944
- Home of record
- Bridgeport, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1966; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 106
- MARK ANDREW FERGUSONLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- WILLIAM GORDON FLEMING JRPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- GLENN EDWARD INSPRUCKERFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1966
- SHERMAN LEE IVEYPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
From Bridgeport
- ISAIAH MULWEE JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- LESTER ROBERT ATHERDENLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- ANTONINE GEORGE KOCIPERPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- JOSEPH WILLIAM AUBINChief Petty Officer · May 26, 1966
- FRANK DEBERNARDO JRChief Petty Officer · November 16, 1966
- WILLIAM D CARSONStaff Sergeant · December 25, 1966
- GEORGE EDWARD JONES JRTechnical Sergeant · January 25, 1967
- JOHN JAMES KATONA JRHospitalman · June 2, 1967
- FRANK RUDOLPH FROST IIISenior Chief Petty Officer · June 11, 1967
- JUAN ANTONIO VELEZAirman · July 29, 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.