{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox military person |name= Jahosephitz |birth_date= {{Birth date|1886|5|24}} |death_date= {{Death date and age|1945|2|24|1886|5|24}} |birth_place= Austro-Hungarian Empire |death_place= Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.<ref>{{cite web|title=Joseph Fitz|url=https://www.cmohs.org/recipients/joseph-fitz|website=cmohs.org|publisher=Congressional Medal of Honor Society|access-date=January 12, 2025}}</ref> |burial_place= |burial_label= Place of burial |image= |caption= |nickname= |allegiance={{flag|United States of America}} |branch=25px United States Navy |service_years= 1900–1910 |rank= Seaman |commands= |unit= {{USS|Pampanga|PG-39}} |battles= Philippine–American War |awards= Medal of Honor |other_work= }}
'''Joseph Fitz''' (May 24, 1886 – February 24, 1945) was a United States Navy Ordinary Seaman who received the Medal of Honor for actions on March 8, 1906, during the Philippine–American War. He served in the navy from 1900 to 1910, and later obtained the rank of seaman.<ref>[http://navy.togetherweserved.com/usn/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=Person&ID=363414 Service profile]</ref>
==Biography== thumb|right|200px|Fitz's grave at Glendale Cemetery
Joseph Fitz was born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire on May 24, 1886.
He died at his home in Des Moines, Iowa on February 24, 1945, and was buried at Glendale Cemetery.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-des-moines-register-funeral-wednesda/167476089/ |title=Funeral Wednesday for Joseph Fitz, 58 |newspaper=The Des Moines Register |page=12 |date=1945-02-27 |access-date=2025-03-07 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
==Medal of Honor citation== Rank and Organization: Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: May 24, 1886, Austria. Accredited to: Iowa. G.O. No.: 19, May 1, 1906.
'''Citation:'''
<blockquote>On board the {{USS|Pampanga|PG-39}}, Mount Dajo Jolo, Philippine Islands, 8 March 1906. Serving in the presence of the enemy on this date, Fitz displayed bravery and extraordinary heroism.<ref name=MOHC>{{Cite web |publisher = United States Army Center of Military History |title = Medal of Honor recipients |work = Medal of Honor citations |date = August 3, 2009 |url = http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/philippine.html |accessdate = July 1, 2010 |archive-date = December 14, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071214025517/http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/philippine.html |url-status = dead }}</ref></blockquote>
==See also== {{Portal|Biography}} *List of Medal of Honor recipients *List of Philippine–American War Medal of Honor recipients
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==References== *{{Cite web |publisher = United States Army Center of Military History |title = Medal of Honor recipients |work = Medal of Honor citations |date = August 3, 2009 |url = http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/philippine.html |accessdate = July 1, 2010 |archive-date = December 14, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071214025517/http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/philippine.html |url-status = dead }}
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