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JOHN FRANCIS FITZGIBBONS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 8, 1945 – November 25, 1968
Service recordJohn Francis Fitzgibbons, of Wakefield, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 25, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Wakefield, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 57
- LAWRENCE ELLSWORTHSpecialist Four · November 25, 1968
- SAN DEWAYNE FRANCISCOMajor · November 25, 1968
- LARRY GLEN HETZLERSpecialist Four · November 25, 1968
- ROBERT GENTRY HODGESPrivate First Class · November 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANCISCO ALVAREZSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 54
- MELVIN EDWARD BEVIERSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 54
- MICHAEL DEL BIRDWELLCaptain · Panel 38W, Line 55
- JOHN ELMER BRIXSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 55
- DAVID MORRIS BARRETTPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 56
- MATTHEW M CANFIELD JRPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 56
- LARRY GLEN HETZLERSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 57
- JAMES EDWARD KINGSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 58
- FLORENTINO MARTINEZ JRCorporal · Panel 38W, Line 59
- JOSE TORRES NETOPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 61
- GARY GRAY THROCKMORTONCorporal · Panel 38W, Line 62
- THOMAS MICHAEL WHITFIELDCorporal · Panel 38W, Line 62
- GEORGE LAMAR YOUNGSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 62
From Wakefield
- ANTHONY GUY VELARDOLance Corporal · March 27, 1966
- PETER FRYE SCHRAMMLance Corporal · June 1, 1966
- PETER BERNARD RICHFirst Lieutenant · September 15, 1968
- HARVEY ALBERT DUHY JRCorporal · June 19, 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.