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TERENCE PATRICK FITZGERALD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 26, 1939 – May 26, 1967
Service recordTerence Patrick Fitzgerald, of San Francisco, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 26, 1939
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 114
- DAVID ROY CUSHINGSpecialist Four · May 26, 1967
- EDWARD DANIEL DROHOSKYHospitalman · May 26, 1967
- BROCK DENNIS ELLIOTTLance Corporal · May 26, 1967
- EDWARD STEPHAN FISHERFirst Lieutenant · May 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE RUDIN DODDSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 113
- PHILLIP RAY GAINESPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 115
- CLAYTON WINSLOW JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 20E, Line 117
- DONALD EARL MESAROSHSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 120
- RAMON J MORALESPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 121
- JAMES CONRAD POWERSCaptain · Panel 20E, Line 123
- MICHAEL CONRAD ROELLPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 123
- RICHARD EDWARD WILKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 125
- TEDDY GENE TALLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 126
- PAUL M WOOLDRIDGE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 127
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
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.