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ARTHUR FISHER
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 31, 1942 – November 20, 1970
Service recordArthur Fisher, of North Tonawanda, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 20, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 73
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 31, 1942
- Home of record
- North Tonawanda, New York (Niagara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 73
- RALPH WOOD BASNIGHTSergeant · November 20, 1970
- DENNIS HUMPHREY DALEPrivate First Class · November 20, 1970
- WILLIAM ELGIN FLEMING JRPrivate First Class · November 20, 1970
- THEODORE ISOMPrivate · November 20, 1970
From North Tonawanda
- THOMAS JOSEPH FOXPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- AUGUST CHIASERA JRSpecialist Four · February 1, 1967
- MARK RICHARD HERINGSpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
- NORMAN LAWRENCE KELLERSpecialist Four · June 4, 1968
- LON GALE CARRPrivate First Class · July 25, 1968
- DOUGLAS MARK SMITHCorporal · September 11, 1968
- DARYL JAY SCHMIDTSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
- GARY LEE BOWDLERSpecialist Four · September 7, 1969
- MICHAEL SCHMIDTFirst Lieutenant · October 29, 1971
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.