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DAVID LUTHER FISHER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 25, 1944 – February 15, 1966
Service recordDavid Luther Fisher, of Mitchell, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 38
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 25, 1944
- Home of record
- Mitchell, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 38
- JIMMY GONZALESCorporal · February 15, 1966
- STEPHEN EUGENE LAIERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- OSCAR MAUTERERColonel · February 15, 1966
- ROBERT ORTOGERO NATARTESergeant · February 15, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LADD ROBERT CONDYSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 37
- RAYMOND ROGER POSTONSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 39
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.