Remember......
- Name: Paul Lawrence Fitzgerald, Jr.
- Rank/Branch: E5/US Army
- Unit: A Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division
- Date of Birth: 03 November 1947
- Home City of Record: Ft. Valley GA
- Date of Loss: 17 October 1967
- Country of Loss: South Vietnam
- Loss Coordinates: 112220N 1063239E (XT685575)
- Status (in 1973): Missing In Action
- Category: 2
- Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: Ground
Other Personnel In Incident: Olin Hargrove, Jr. (missing)
Source: Compiled by Homecoming II Project 15 October 1990 from one or more of
the following: raw data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with
POW/MIA families, published sources, interviews.
REMARKS:
SYNOPSIS: On October 17, 1967, SP4 Fitzgerald and PFC Hargrove were riflemen on
a search and destroy mission in South Vietnam. Their unit became engaged in
close, heavy contact and suffered heavy losses. Contact was broken and their
unit withdrew to set up a hasty defense in order to secure their dead and
wounded. At this time, SP4 Fitzgerald and PFC Hargrove were located on the south
side of the perimeter, between the main body and the enemy.
It is believed that Fitzgerald and Hargrove became disoriented and moved in the
wrong direction, as they were not seen to board the helicopters. One witness
stated that PFC Hargrove had already been wounded in the back. On October 18 and
19, a company-sized unit searched the entire area, however, no trace of the two
was ever found.
Paul Fitzgerald and Olin Hargrove were classified missing in action. They are
among nearly 2500 Americans who disappeared in Southeast Asia. Since the war
ended, thousands of reports have been received which indicate that hundreds of
these missing men are actually still alive, captives of a long-ago enemy. If
Fitzgerald and Hargrove are among them, what must they think of us?
Paul L. Fitzgerald, Jr. and Olin Hargrove, Jr. were both promoted to the rank of
Staff Sergeant during the period they were maintained Missing in Action.
Credits:
Background and graphics
Ron Fleischer
Graphics
Doc
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