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RONALD EUGENE FITZGERALD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 21, 1950 – May 7, 1970
Service recordRonald Eugene Fitzgerald, of Auburn, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 123
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Air Defense Artillery Crewmember (16F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- July 21, 1950
- Home of record
- Auburn, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “92 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 123
- LAWRENCE EUGENE FLETCHERFirst Lieutenant · May 7, 1970
- JOSE ALBERTO GONZALEZCorporal · May 7, 1970
- TIMOTHY LEE GREENSergeant · May 7, 1970
- JACK STEVEN GROUFSpecialist Four · May 7, 1970
From Auburn
- KENNETH EUGENE SARGENTSergeant · November 20, 1965
- GARY LEROY HOLZCorporal · October 8, 1967
- DOUGLAS GENE WINGERTPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- RONALD LEE STROOMERPrivate First Class · January 17, 1968
- MICHAEL EDWIN LINDERMANLance Corporal · March 22, 1968
- WILLIAM FRED SOULELance Corporal · August 15, 1968
- PATRICK EARL BROWERSergeant · January 17, 1969
- RANDAL LEE ROGERSSergeant · February 22, 1969
- HENRY ALBERT DYE JRPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- MONTY LEWIS HARBINSergeant · February 22, 1971
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.