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Marines of the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade after landing at Đà Nẵng, March 1965.
Marines of the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade after landing at Đà Nẵng, March 1965. Photo: U.S. Marine Corps, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Allan Russell Fischbach.

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ALLAN RUSSELL FISCHBACH

Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps

June 11, 1946 – September 6, 1965

Service record

Allan Russell Fischbach, of Berea, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 6, 1965, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 2E · Line 76

Position of Panel 2E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Marine Corps
Rank
Lance Corporal (LCPL)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Rifleman (0311)
Born
June 11, 1946
Home of record
Berea, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)

Casualty

Date of death
September 6, 1965
Age
19
Province
Offshore
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Ship/Submarine Accident At Sea (MC)

Context · from the records

What was happening

Three names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 2E, Line 76

From Berea

Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.