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PAUL EDWARD FITZGIBBONS
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 23, 1947 – May 13, 1968
Service recordPaul Edward Fitzgibbons, of Walpole, Massachusetts, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 21
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Walpole, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 21
- LELAND SAMUEL DEEDSPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- CARLOS DOMINGUEZCorporal · May 13, 1968
- DOUGLAS GEORGE FACTORASergeant · May 13, 1968
- WILLIAM DENNIS HANSSENPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS PETER BRICMONT JRPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 18
- RICHARD BRUCE CALDWELL JRSergeant · Panel 59E, Line 18
- JOHN EDWARD CASHLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 19
- ABRAHAM JACKSONSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 24
- GENE CHARLES MORACKPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 27
- EARL JEFFREY NETZOWSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 28
- RICHARD FRANK PRECOURPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 29
- JOHN RECKPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 1
- DANIEL PHILLI REISTROFFERCorporal · Panel 60E, Line 1
- ARMOND JOSEPH STEIN JRCorporal · Panel 60E, Line 3
- RONALD ELLIS WILTSEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 60E, Line 6
- JOHN LEO WOJCICKYPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 6
From Walpole
- RICHARD KENNETH DRAKE JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- BRIAN PATRICK COLLINSPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
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.