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PETER THOMAS FITZPATRICK
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 27, 1944 – February 20, 1966
Service recordPeter Thomas Fitzpatrick, of Garden City, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 20, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 27, 1944
- Home of record
- Garden City, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 54
- EMMITT COLON ADAMSPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- LEONARD JAMES CHISLOCKPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- WILLIAM A DAVISON JRSpecialist Four · February 20, 1966
- RICHARD ANTHONY FILLIATORMaster Sergeant · February 20, 1966
From Garden City
- GARY LEWIS ELMOREPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- RICK JAMES STEWARTPrivate First Class · June 27, 1967
- MICHAEL LAWRENCE TROMBLEYLance Corporal · August 2, 1967
- RODNEY BARRETTE CLINEPrivate First Class · October 21, 1967
- RONALD DAVID GOULETSergeant · January 3, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL LAROUCHESergeant · January 30, 1968
- RODNEY ROYCE BERNARDLance Corporal · June 5, 1968
- BRYAN THOMAS KAYSpecialist Four · August 7, 1968
- PAULL DAVID JOSESpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
- GEORGE EDWARD KOTTYANSpecialist Four · November 1, 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.