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DAVID WAYNE FISHER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 10, 1947 – October 23, 1967
Service recordDavid Wayne Fisher, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 23, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 54
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 54
- GORDON JOHN DIBBLEChief Petty Officer · October 23, 1967
- ANTHONY JOHN ESTELLAPlatoon Sergeant · October 23, 1967
- MICHAEL CHARLES ETTZCorporal · October 23, 1967
- WILLIAM FORDSergeant First Class · October 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JEREMIAH JOSEPH SULLIVANSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 55
- CHARLES A RIEGER IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 57
- EDDIE D TURNERCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 58
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.