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WOODROW MELVIN FITZGERALD
Captain · U.S. Air Force
September 9, 1932 – October 24, 1963
Service recordWoodrow Melvin Fitzgerald, of Staunton, Virginia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 24, 1963, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 33
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- September 9, 1932
- Home of record
- Staunton, Virginia (Staunton (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1963
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1963. In October 1963, 24 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 33
- CHARLES BERNARD LANKFORDStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1963
- WALTER KENNETH MORRISStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1963
- HUMBERT ROQUE VERSACECaptain · October 29, 1963
From Staunton
- DWIGHT POLLARD BOWLESMajor · November 3, 1965
- CHARLES KENNETH MORAN JRLieutenant · February 25, 1965
- JERRY HOGUE HEIZERPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- CLARENCE WILLIS OBIE IIILance Corporal · December 22, 1967
- THOMAS JOSEPH RICHARDS JRCorporal · May 10, 1968
- DENHAM A WHITESELL JRLance Corporal · December 2, 1968
- VICTOR LEE ELLINGERFirst Lieutenant · November 24, 1970
- FRANKLIN U BRECKENRIDGESpecialist Four · November 28, 1970
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.