Fitzgerald Howard Patrick

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Howard Patrick Fitzgerald is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

26th Division Tablets of the Fallen (WW1)

Name:

Howard Patrick Fitzgerald

Rank:

Private First Class

Serial Number:

Unit:

104th Infantry Regiment

Date of Death:

1918-04-11

State:

Massachusetts

Cemetery:

St. Mihiel American Cem., Thiaucourt, France

Plot:

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Grave:

Decoration:

Distinguished Service Cross, French Croix de Guerre

Comments:

Howard Patrick Fitzgerald was born on August 31, 1895 in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I as a Private First Class in Company L, 104th Infantry Regiment, 26th Infantry "Yankee" Division. He died from his wounds received in battle on April 11, 1918 in France at the age of 22 and is now buried in St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, France. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism in action at Bois Brule, near Apremont, France, April 10, 1918. Private Fitzgerald displayed coolness, courage, and the spirit of self-sacrifice in action, digging out a buried comrade while under heavy fire, persisting in his work until he received a mortal wound, of which he died April 11, 1918.