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DIETER JAMES FISER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 9, 1951 – September 15, 1971
Service recordDieter James Fiser, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 15, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 16
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
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 9, 1951
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 16
- ROYSE WAYNE REHWALDSpecialist Four · September 13, 1971
- DON RILEY GILBRETHMaster Sergeant · September 14, 1971
- STANLEY RUFUS RHODESPrivate First Class · September 14, 1971
- HEINZ KURT ROESCHCaptain · September 14, 1971
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 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.