page_title: William T. Fitzsimons
hierarchical_section_title: William T. Fitzsimons
caption_attribution_description: "Formal portrait of LT William T. Fitzsimons. Fitzsimons Army Medical Center is named after LT Fitzsimons who was the first officer and physician to die in World War I." HA-SN-99-00484. Resized version of the original downloaded from the source listed.
context_page_description: Lieutenant William T. Fitzsimons was a United States Army officer in World War I, and is considered the first American officer killed in the war. Fitzsimons graduated from the University of Kansas School of Medicine in 1912.
  Fitzsimons was killed in a German air raid on September 4, 1917 along with Pvt. Oscar Tugo, Pvt. Rudolph Rubino and Pvt. Leslie Woods, when bombs fell on Base Hospital No. 5 near Dannes-Camiers in Pas-de-Calais, France.
  In 1920, Army Hospital 21 in Aurora, Colorado was officially renamed the Fitzsimons Army Hospital in his honor.
context_section_description: Lieutenant William T. Fitzsimons (1889—1917) was a United States Army officer in World War I, and is considered the first American officer killed in the war. Fitzsimons graduated from the University of Kansas School of Medicine in 1912.
  Fitzsimons was killed in a German air raid on September 4, 1917 along with Pvt. Oscar Tugo, Pvt. Rudolph Rubino and Pvt. Leslie Woods, when bombs fell on Base Hospital No. 5 near Dannes-Camiers in Pas-de-Calais, France.
  In 1920, Army Hospital 21 in Aurora, Colorado was officially renamed the Fitzsimons Army Hospital in his honor.
caption: William T. Fitzsimons
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