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DAVID M. FITZGERALD Captain, U.S. Navy (Ret.)
Captain David M. Fitzgerald, Jr., U.S. Navy, (Retired), passed away quietly at his family home in Williamsburg, Virginia early Spring, 2022. Captain Fitzgerald was a passionate patriot whose dedication to the American philosophy of freedom and prosperity was at the center of his life's work. Fitzgerald gave 35 years of service to the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Federal Government.
His wife, Melinda Ann, their daughter, India Meade, formerly of Richmond, and, his chair side Lab, Buster continue to reside in their Williamsburg home.
The Celebration of Life will be held at Christ Church Alexandria on Thursday, July 28th at 3:30 p.m. His funeral service will be held at Arlington National Cemetery with full Military Honors Friday, July 29 at 1 p.m. Further details are available through Bucktrout Funeral Home, Williamsburg, VA.
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Bryan Slater
July 31, 2022
Melinda, I was so very sorry to hear of Dave's passing. He was a good friend and a great American. I was honored to have the pleasure of knowing him and working with him. I'll never forget his guidance and help during those early days of the Bush campaign in 1988, and his continuing friendship and advice in the years after. Please accept my deepest condolences and know that you all are in my prayers.
Sincerely,
Bryan Slater
Tom Harris
July 5, 2022
Tom Harris
July 5, 2022
Tom Harris
July 5, 2022
David and his brother Jack (and their parents Uncle David and Aunt Vivian) were just part of family life to my sister Nancy and me as we grew up in Norfolk, Va. The Fitzgerald extended family was close and loving and got together often, especially on holidays. And even though we grew apart in later life, I was still shocked and saddened to see David's picture in the obituaries yesterday. He will always be family even if just in memory now and I will always regret not having stayed close in later life. So here is a memory that even now makes me smile: we always knew him as "Little" David (his father David had been a star athlete on the Maury High School football team). And the Little David designation stuck even after he became a star athlete on the Norview High School football team and even after he became a Navy frogman and a platoon commander with UDT Team 11clearing Viet Kong booby traps for clandestine assault craft landings during the Vietnam war. Farewell my dear cousin.
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