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JOHN FRANCIS FITZGERALD
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
May 20, 1947 – April 12, 1968
Service recordJohn Francis Fitzgerald, of Norwood, Massachusetts, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 32
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Norwood, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 32
- ROBERT GEORGE HARRISSpecialist Four · April 12, 1968
- DARREL BRUCE HELMKEPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- JACK WAYNE HESSSpecialist Four · April 12, 1968
- ALAN JOSEPH HETTICHCorporal · April 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN JOHN ECKLEChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 49E, Line 30
- HAROLD ALLEN THARP JRSpecialist Five · Panel 49E, Line 37
From Norwood
- LAWRENCE HOWARD MITCHELLSergeant · June 16, 1967
- PATRICK KEVIN BURKECorporal · March 30, 1968
- RICHARD BRIAN MURPHYLance Corporal · June 15, 1968
- KEITH TERRELL LANDERSLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- JAMES JOSEPH SANSONESeaman · September 10, 1972
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.