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RICHARD B FITZGIBBON JR
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
June 21, 1920 – June 8, 1956
Service recordRichard B Fitzgibbon JR, of North Weymouth, Massachusetts, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 8, 1956, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 21, 1920
- Home of record
- North Weymouth, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1956
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1956. In June 1956, 1 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 77
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- RICHARD B FITZGIBBON IIILance Corporal · September 7, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- ORLAND ORRIN BEARWALDPrivate First Class · September 8, 1965
From North Weymouth
- WILLIAM DONALD MURRAY JRStaff Sergeant · January 26, 1969
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.