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MANFRED WILLY FITZGERALD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 27, 1947 – February 20, 1969
Service recordManfred Willy Fitzgerald, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 65
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 65
- DENNIS WRAY CRIPELance Corporal · February 20, 1969
- EDWARD LAMONT HANDYSpecialist Four · February 20, 1969
- FRANK ROBERT HOWEPrivate First Class · February 20, 1969
- EARNEST LEE KAUFFMANPrivate First Class · February 20, 1969
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 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.