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DONALD ERNEST FISCHER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 17, 1950 – October 19, 1970
Service recordDonald Ernest Fischer, of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 19, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 9
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
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- November 17, 1950
- Home of record
- East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 9
- CLEATIS LYNN BURGESSCorporal · October 19, 1970
- DICKEY CRAIGSergeant · October 19, 1970
- DANIEL LESLIE FRIESCorporal · October 19, 1970
- MICHAEL PATRICK ZACHARZUKPrivate First Class · October 19, 1970
From East Stroudsburg
- WILLIS JUNIOR SCHUBERTPrivate First Class · October 28, 1967
- ROBERT CARL GOTTIERSpecialist Four · November 24, 1970
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.