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PATRICK G FITZSIMMONS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
January 2, 1949 – August 24, 1970
Service recordPatrick G Fitzsimmons, of Ventura, California, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 1
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Ventura, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1970. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 1
- FRANK ANDREW CASSIN JRSergeant · August 24, 1970
- RICHARD WILLIAM DEVINESpecialist Four · August 24, 1970
- JOHN CHARLES HINESCorporal · August 24, 1970
- ASA THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1970
From Ventura
- JAMES CLETUS DYESeaman Recruit · May 29, 1964
- MICHAEL PERRY MORITZSpecialist Five · June 16, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS PADILLASergeant · May 17, 1966
- DONALD EARL GOREPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- CREIGHTON ROBERT DUNNSpecialist Four · October 29, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD WIDENERPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- KENNETH CHARLES APPLEGATESpecialist Four · April 30, 1967
- FRANK ROSS ALLENDER JRLance Corporal · July 3, 1967
- SIEGFRIED KOFLERSergeant · July 10, 1967
- DONALD MELVIN SEWELLColonel · November 9, 1967
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.