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MICHAEL THOMAS FITZPATRICK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 13, 1946 – July 10, 1966
Service recordMichael Thomas Fitzpatrick, of Chelsea, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 10, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 14
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Chelsea, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 14
- DANIEL L WILSONSpecialist Four · July 9, 1966
- SHERRILL VANCE BROWNCaptain · July 10, 1966
- DANNY GARTH KEATONSpecialist Four · July 10, 1966
- ROBERT WAYNE KINGLance Corporal · July 10, 1966
From Chelsea
- SHELDON ROBERT COHENPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- FRANK MICHAEL SOKOLOWSKIPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
- EVERETT ALBERT ALLENSeaman · July 29, 1967
- EDWARD JOHN ROSSERPrivate First Class · August 16, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD MADIGAN JRPrivate First Class · October 7, 1967
- SALVATORE AGRI JRPrivate First Class · April 9, 1968
- CYRIL MITCHELL JRSpecialist Four · September 11, 1968
- BRUCE JAMES KENNEDYPrivate First Class · November 14, 1968
- WILLIAM F THOMPSON JRSpecialist Four · March 24, 1971
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.