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NAME Kent Blake Fitzgerald |
NICKNAME — |
SERVICE NUMBER 292824 |
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| UNIT Marine Detachment USS Arizona |
HOME OF RECORD 74 “O” Street Salt Lake City, UT |
NEXT OF KIN Father, Mr. Walter D. Fitzgerald |
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| DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1922 at Richfield, UT |
ENTERED SERVICE October 17, 1940 at Salt Lake City, UT |
DATE OF LOSS December 7, 1941 |
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| REGION Hawaiian Islands |
CAMPAIGN / AREA Pearl Harbor |
CASUALTY TYPE Killed In Action |
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| CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS Private Kent B. Fitzgerald was a member of the Marine detachment aboard the battleship USS Arizona. He was aboard on 7 December 1941 when his ship was bombed and sunk by Japanese aircraft at the battle of Pearl Harbor. Fitzgerald’s remains were never identified, and are believed to rest aboard the Arizona to this day. |
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| INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS Purple Heart |
LAST KNOWN RANK Private |
STATUS OF REMAINS Not recovered. |
MEMORIALS USS Arizona Memorial Honolulu Memorial |
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