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LARRY LEE FITZSIMMONS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 2, 1941 – March 18, 1968
Service recordLarry Lee Fitzsimmons, of Houston, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · 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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 2, 1941
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
82 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 21
- ROBERT THOMAS FERRELLIPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- ROBERT GENE FISHERPetty Officer First Class · March 18, 1968
- EDDIE DEAN GANTLance Corporal · March 18, 1968
- GRADY GANTT JRSergeant · March 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH EUGENE WILLARD JRPrivate First Class · Panel 45E, Line 32
- THEODORE LEO ZAWISZASpecialist Four · Panel 45E, Line 33
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.