FITZGERALD, JACK, HM3

Hospital Corpsman
 
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Current Service Status
USN Veteran
Current/Last Rank
Petty Officer Third Class
Current/Last Primary NEC
HM-8404-Medical Field Service Technician/FMF Combat Corpsman
Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Hospital Corpsman
Primary Unit
1968-1969, HM-8404, Naval Hospital (NAVHOSP)/Navy Regional Medical Center (NRMC)/Naval Medical Center (NAVMEDCEN)/Naval
Service Years
1966 - 1969
HM-Hospital Corpsman

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 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Veterans for Peace (VFP)National Association of Medics and Corpsmen
  1986, Veterans for Peace (VFP) - Assoc. Page
  2008, National Association of Medics and Corpsmen


 Additional Information
What are you doing now:

I Live with my wife Maggie not far from my grand children on a nice peice of land with an airstrip and a good sized garden.
I would rather be in New Mexico where Maggie and I lived for 2 years. But we came back for the grand kids.
I have traveled some and went back to Vietnam in April.
I am a peace activist and have been involved in Marches and Demonstrations since 1969.
I am a Ham Radio Opp.,K1FYD a long haul biker and a Buddhist.

   
Other Comments:

I served with 1st Plt. H. Company 2/9 spring, summer and fall of 1967 until I was wounded for the second time near Con Thien.
I was treated at BAS and Transferred to 3rd Med at Phu Bai.
At 3rd Med I worked on the Vietnamese civilian ward and the POW cage. I also floated to ICU, The OR and Triage. and choppers runs to NSA. and pick ups in Hue and Khe Sanh. During Tet 68. I also covered at med station at Khe Sanh.

I served at both Chelsea and Portsmouth Naval Hospitals.

   


Vietnam War/Tet Counteroffensive Campaign (68)
From Month/Year
January / 1968
To Month/Year
April / 1968

Description
Not Specified
   
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
January / 1968
To Month/Year
April / 1968
 
Last Updated:
Mar 16, 2020
   
Personal Memories
   
Units Participated in Operation

LCU-1500, Assault Craft Unit 1 (ACU-1)

USS Mauna Kea (AE-22)

 
My Photos From This Battle or Operation
No Available Photos

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  • Acrea, Roy, PO2, (1966-1970)
  • Adkins, Terry, PO3, (1967-1976)
  • Afflerbach, Ronald, SCPO, (1960-1989)
  • Agius, Joseph, SN, (1966-1968)
  • Akin, James, PO1, (1964-1975)
  • Akin, William, SCPO, (1960-1980)
  • Albrecht, Charles, CPO, (1965-1989)
  • Allen, Duke, LCDR, (1958-1983)
  • Amborn, Lloyd, CAPT, (1965-1995)
  • Anderson, James, CPO, (1965-2001)
  • Anderson, James, MCPO, (1963-1993)
  • Anderson, Stephen, SCPO, (1963-1991)
  • Antonen, James, PO2, (1967-1976)
  • Armistead, Jerry, SCPO, (1956-1988)
  • Armstrong, Rodger, CWO4, (1956-1979)
  • Arnette, Luther, CPO, (1966-1991)
  • Arnold, Charles, FN, (1966-1969)
  • Arthur, Stanley R., ADM, (1957-1995)
  • Asmussen, William, LCDR, (1966-1988)
  • Baca, Joe, PO1, (1964-1976)
  • Bachman, John, PO2, (1966-1970)
  • Badget, Kenneth, LCDR, (1965-1990)
  • Bain, Marty, CPO, (1958-1979)
  • Bard, Alan, PO3, (1966-1969)
  • Barham, Carroll, CPO, (1966-1995)
  • Barnett, Patrick, PO1, (1965-1971)
  • Barney, Dave, SCPO, (1962-1985)
  • Barney, Gene, MCPO, (1952-1978)
  • Baronich, Jr., Harold, PO3, (1966-1969)
  • Barros, Belmiro, PO1, (1959-1986)
  • Bartlett, John, CDR, (1961-1987)
  • BATCHELOR, DENNIS, PO1, (1960-1979)
  • Beach, Stanley, CAPT, (1953-1987)
  • Beach, Thomas, MCPO, (1965-1995)
  • Beamer, George P., CAPT, (1963-1993)
  • Beden, W. Brent, PO3, (1966-1970)
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  • [Name Withheld], (1967-1994)
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  • Betancourt, Ramon J.L. (Moose), CPO, (1965-1988)
  • Bevins, Bart, PO2, (1961-1976)
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  • Black, David, PO1, (1966-1987)
  • Bley, Bruce
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  • BONNER, MICHAEL, MCPO, (1960-1981)
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