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JOHN CURTIS FITZWATER
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
May 2, 1936 – January 10, 1969
Service recordJohn Curtis Fitzwater, of Charleston, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 63
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 2, 1936
- Home of record
- Charleston, West Virginia (Kanawha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1969
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 63
- CARL THEODORE ALEXANDERCorporal · January 10, 1969
- RONALD KAZUO ASADASergeant · January 10, 1969
- MELFORD KEITH BLAKELYPrivate First Class · January 10, 1969
- DONALD SUMINGUIT CARTERPrivate First Class · January 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM FRANCISCO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 64
- DOUGLAS LE ROY RANSHAWSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 67
- CURTIS ROBERT STOCKLINSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 67
From Charleston
- CHARLES EDWIN HUDDLE JRCaptain · March 21, 1965
- JOHN ROBERT BALLFirst Lieutenant · June 19, 1965
- TIMOTHY MORGAN BLAKESecond Lieutenant · November 15, 1965
- CURTIS ESTILL BINIONFirst Lieutenant · July 5, 1966
- WILLIAM OMER HILLSpecialist Five · December 11, 1966
- JOHN LEE STRICKLANDPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD BOGGSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- EDWARD WALLACE BROWN JRSergeant First Class · May 1, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT SIMMONSStaff Sergeant · October 14, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD ROBERTSONPetty Officer Third Class · November 19, 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.