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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Vietnam Veterans of America, politicians</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Fitzgerald (b. 1941)</b> — also known as <b>Fitz Fitzgerald</b> — of Longmeadow, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/HA-lived.html">Hampden County</a>, Mass. Born, in Providence <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/born-hospital.html">Hospital</a>, Holyoke, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/HA-born.html">Hampden County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/10-09.html">October 9, 1941</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">school teacher</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/MA.html">1968</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a>, 1980. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <b>Vietnam Veterans of America</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/disabled-am-vets.html">Disabled American Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">National Education Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aclu.html">American Civil Liberties Union</a>. Still living as of 2004. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Books by John J. Fitzgerald:</i> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0195166353/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0195166353&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Vietnam War : A History in Documents</a> (2002)</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Richard Frazier (b. 1945)</b> — also known as <b>John R. Frazier</b> — of Princeton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MR-lived.html">Mercer County</a>, W.Va. Born in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-born.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/08-02.html">August 2, 1945</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; circuit judge in West Virginia, 1981-2006; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a>; defeated, 1974 (Republican, 19th District); elected 2010. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <b>Vietnam Veterans of America</b>. Still living as of 2010. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Larry Kimble (b. 1947)</b> — of Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-lived.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va. Born in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-born.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/09-10.html">September 10, 1947</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/finance.html">investment broker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 17th District, 1995-. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-italy.html">Sons of Italy</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <b>Vietnam Veterans of America</b>. Still living as of 1997. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Bob Kimble and Kathleen Kimble.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Joseph R. Peterson</b> — of Wyandotte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Delray, Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-born.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawenforcement.html">police detective</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/wyandotte.html">mayor of Wyandotte, Mich.</a>, 2009-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/polish.html">Polish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/holy-name-soc.html">Holy Name Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <b>Vietnam Veterans of America</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/polish-legion-am-vets.html">Polish Legion of American Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Still living as of 2014. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Janice Tomocik.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Bob Young (born c.1948)</b> — of Augusta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/RI-lived.html">Richmond County</a>, Ga. Born about 1948. Republican. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/augusta.html">mayor of Augusta, Ga.</a>, 1999-; delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2000/GA.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2004/GA.html">2004</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for Georgia. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <b>Vietnam Veterans of America</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/mil-ord-world-wars.html">Military Order of the World Wars</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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