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TIMOTHY GEORGE FITZMAURICE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 6, 1948 – May 9, 1968
Service recordTimothy George Fitzmaurice, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 9, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 20
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- M CO 3 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- January 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “M CO 3 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 20
- ROY ALLEN COXPetty Officer Third Class · May 9, 1968
- FRANK WILLIAM ELLIOTTStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1968
- RUSSELL LARNED ENGS IIISergeant · May 9, 1968
- LEROY FERGUSONPlatoon Sergeant · May 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL MARK MICUNEKPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 27
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.