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EDWARD STEPHAN FISHER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 9, 1942 – May 26, 1967
Service recordEdward Stephan Fisher, of Eagle Rock, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 9, 1942
- Home of record
- Eagle Rock, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 114
- DAVID ROY CUSHINGSpecialist Four · May 26, 1967
- EDWARD DANIEL DROHOSKYHospitalman · May 26, 1967
- BROCK DENNIS ELLIOTTLance Corporal · May 26, 1967
- TERENCE PATRICK FITZGERALDSpecialist Four · May 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES DELMAR ALLEN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 109
- DOMENICO CACCIOLASpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 110
- ROBERT HUGHESTON CHANDLERSergeant · Panel 20E, Line 111
- WILLIAM L DORNBERGH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 113
- DAVID ROY CUSHINGSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 114
- ALAN JAMES RUDDELLSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 124
- LOREN CLEVELAND SURLESPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 126
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.