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JOSEPH EDWARD FITZGERALD
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 25, 1948 – May 31, 1967
Service recordJoseph Edward Fitzgerald, of Northbridge, Massachusetts, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on May 31, 1967, in South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 21
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Northbridge, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- May 31, 1967
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 21
- GERALD ALAN CHAMPIONPrivate First Class · May 31, 1967
- NATHANIEL COLLINSStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD COSSA JRSpecialist Four · May 31, 1967
- GEORGE ALFRED DOANESpecialist Four · May 31, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RANDALL ARBOGASTSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 20
- CARL DAVID FLOWERSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 22
- JOHN ANDREW JAKOVACStaff Sergeant · Panel 21E, Line 23
- BRIAN KENT MCGARStaff Sergeant · Panel 21E, Line 23
- CHARLES ROLAND ROGERSONCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 24
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.