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PATRICK VINCEN FITZGERALD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 3, 1948 – May 11, 1968
Service recordPatrick Vincen Fitzgerald, of Attica, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 18
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
- January 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Attica, New York (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1968; seven of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 18
- ROGER ZIMMERMANStaff Sergeant · May 10, 1968
- JAMES KENNETH ALLESSergeant · May 11, 1968
- JERRY LYNN ANDREWSPrivate First Class · May 11, 1968
- SAMUEL KENT CULBERTSONSpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL KENT CULBERTSONSpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 18
- LEONARD JONATHEN BELLSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 19
- WILLIE FRANK GARNERSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 21
- TOMMY WAYNE JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 23
- GEORGE GERALD KOKOSHPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 23
- JOHN MITCHELL MICHALSKISpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 24
- JOHN EDWARD SCHERTZPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 26
From Attica
- THOMAS EDWIN BEGLINGERSpecialist Four · October 2, 1966
- CARL ARTHUR SMITHLance Corporal · May 1, 1967
- WALTER HARM BROOKS JRLance Corporal · July 2, 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.