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On March 3, 1967, SFC Walter J. Fitzpatrick was on a Search & Destroy operation in the vicinity of coordinates XT 091 194 in the Republic of Vietnam, when he was hit in the chest with a metal fragment from a hostile claymore mine.

HEADQUARTERS 196TH LIGHT INFANTRY BRIGADE
APO San Francisco 96256

GENERAL ORDERS 23 March 1967
NUMBER 323

AWARD OF THE BRONZE STAR MEDAL

1. TC 320. The following AWARD is announced posthumously.

FITZPATRICK, WALTER J. RA11357892 PLATOON SERGEANT E7 Company A, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry, 196th Light Infantry Brigade, APO 96256.

Awarded: Bronze Star Medal

Date Action: 15 August 1966 to 3 March 1967

Theater: Republic of Vietnam

Reason: For meritorious service in connection with military operations against a hostile force.

Authority: By direction of the President, under the provisions of Executive Order 11046, 24 August 1962.

FOR THE COMMANDER:

                                                                             H. L. COOP
                                                                             MAJ, AGC
                                                                             Adjutant General