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THOMAS M FITZPATRICK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 18, 1947 – April 18, 1969
Service recordThomas M Fitzpatrick, of Euclid, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 108
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Ground Surveillance Radar Crewman (17K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- December 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Euclid, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1969; ten of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 108
- HAROLD LEE ECKERT JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 18, 1969
- MICHAEL EDWARD GORDYSergeant · April 18, 1969
- DAVID DELANY HANBURYSpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- ROBERT CURTIS HERMANPrivate First Class · April 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALEXANDER BAKASpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 105
- CHARLES CHANDLERSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 106
- DANIEL MICHAEL LEAHYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 27W, Line 109
- ROY FRANCIS MAASSpecialist Five · Panel 26W, Line 1
- DON JAY MCATEESergeant · Panel 26W, Line 1
- ROBERT LEROY MORGAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 2
- JOSEPH EDWARD MORROW JRSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 2
- RONALD EUGENE PONGRATZSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 3
From Euclid
- RAYMOND MICHAEL CHASSERPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- LLOYD ANDREW SELLERS IIISpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- JAMES LAWRENCE BLASKISSeaman · July 29, 1967
- LAWRENCE GEORGE STAPLETONSpecialist Four · August 4, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL WILSONSergeant · September 29, 1967
- ROBERT EDWARD MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · January 1, 1968
- WILLIAM CHARLES DIMAGARDFirst Lieutenant · March 28, 1968
- ALLEN JOHN PRETNARCorporal · August 8, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD LOTHMANSpecialist Four · October 4, 1968
- DAVID ALAN GAUCHLance Corporal · January 14, 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.