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THOMAS GEORGE FITZGIBBON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 9, 1945 – November 12, 1966
Service recordThomas George Fitzgibbon, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 61
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 9, 1945
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 61
- OTIS SYLVESTER FISHERPrivate First Class · November 12, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN FOGARTYPrivate First Class · November 12, 1966
- ROBERT CLARENCE FROSIOCommander · November 12, 1966
- NICHOLAS JOSEPH FULMERSpecialist Four · November 12, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES T ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 58
- KENNETH HORACE BLACKWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 59
- RONALD EDWARD BOCOOKPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 59
- LESLIE PAUL DEDMANSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 60
- GEORGE ALLEN FOGARTYPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 61
- NICHOLAS JOSEPH FULMERSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 61
- LLOYD J SADOWSKYStaff Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 64
- CECIL WALKERCorporal · Panel 12E, Line 65
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.