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CARROLL DEAN FISHER
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 6, 1950 – November 8, 1970
Service recordCarroll Dean Fisher, of Dunbar, West Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 8, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 45
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Dunbar, West Virginia (Kanawha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 45
- RONALD LOUIS CLELANDSergeant · November 8, 1970
- DARRELL LEE COLFORDSergeant · November 8, 1970
- JOEL CORONAPrivate First Class · November 8, 1970
- CHRISTOPHER W MORGENSFirst Lieutenant · November 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EUGENE BARNHILLSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 44
- CHRISTOPHER W MORGENSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 6W, Line 45
- HUGH JOHN SHEVLINSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 46
From Dunbar
- BILLY DUANE GOODSpecialist Five · May 16, 1964
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.