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DONALD JAY FISHER
Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
October 23, 1926 – February 27, 1969
Service recordDonald Jay Fisher, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 27, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 79
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. Navy
- Rank
- Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ASLT CRAFT 3 MAF
- Born
- October 23, 1926
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1969
- Age
- 42
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1969; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 79
- CHARLIE MELVIN ELLISONPetty Officer Second Class · February 27, 1969
- JOHN HENRY ERBESPrivate First Class · February 27, 1969
- RONALD JACKSON GEBBIEPetty Officer Third Class · February 27, 1969
- MIKE MORA GODINESPetty Officer First Class · February 27, 1969
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · 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.