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JOHN DOUGLAS FITZPATRICK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 21, 1946 – November 19, 1966
Service recordJohn Douglas Fitzpatrick, of Franklin, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 88
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Franklin, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 88
- RANDALL M CAMPBELL IIIPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- AUDLEY M FEDERLINE JRCaptain · November 19, 1966
- JESSE LEE HARRISStaff Sergeant · November 19, 1966
- ALVIN EDWARD JACKSONLance Corporal · November 19, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RANDALL M CAMPBELL IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 88
- ALAN N WEISMANPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 92
- COLEY PHILLIP WHITESpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 93
- ELVIN JOSEPH WIDEMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 93
- EDWARD WARREN WOODRUFFPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 94
From Franklin
- JOHN THOMAS KLOCPrivate · May 10, 1967
- DENNIS LLOYD ANTOINECorporal · July 21, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS SULLIVANCorporal · August 18, 1968
- GREGORY JON OLSENCorporal · May 25, 1969
- NEIL NORMAN GREINKEFirst Lieutenant · September 11, 1969
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.