M. Fitzgerald

"I'm your man, Chief! Let's roll!"

— An enthusiastic PFC Fitzgerald awaits departure behind the gun of a Warthog

M. Fitzgerald was a UNSC Marine assigned to the UNSC Pillar of Autumn.

Biography

When the crashed vessel arrived at Installation 04 in 2552, Fitzgerald evacuated from the ship in the same Bumblebee lifeboat as Sergeant Johnson and Fireteam Charlie. When Echo 419 evacuated the fireteam, Fitzgerald volunteered to accompany the Master Chief in his Warthog to search for the other Bumblebee lifepods. Fitzgerald introduced himself to the Chief enthusiastically .

While in their search for surviving Marines and Navy personnel, he was wounded in the arm by a shot from a Needler. After that, the Chief ordered him to man his position and keep fire until he returned. He took cover behind the Warthog and waited until the Chief was able to treat his wound with Self-Sealing-Biofoam. He continued to man the LAAG and survived the fight to return to Alpha Base with the Chief. He was possibly killed in the Battle of Installation 04, probably either when First Lieutenant Melissa McKay destroyed the Truth and Reconciliation to keep the Flood from getting out into the universe or when Installation 04 was destroyed.

Quotes

• "Sure, Cortana. All right (ladies), volunteers step up on the double! The rest of you, get to the dropship." - When Cortana asked for a few men to support the Chief, level Halo. This can also be said by Sergeant Johnson if he wasn't killed.
• "This lifeboat is trashed, Chief. There are weapons and supplies, but...no bodies. I wonder if someone made it out of here alive." - By the fourth Bumblebee.
• "The lifeboat's totaled, sir. There are weapons and supplies everywhere, but I can't find any bodies. Maybe somebody made out of here alive." - By the fourth Bumblebee.
• "The lifeboat's trashed, Chief. There are weapons and supplies all over the place. Where's the bodies, though?" - By the fourth Bumblebee.

Trivia

• Fitzgerald was never mentioned again after Halo, including Captain Keyes' search for the weapons cache.
• Fitzgerald was the only Marine to ride on a Warthog when attached to a Pelican.
• As Johnson's squad did not have any known Corporals, it is assumed that Fitzgerald was his second-in-command, although PFC Jenkins held the same rank.
• It is unknown what happened to Fitzgerald and whether or not he survived his wounds.