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GEORGE ARTHUR FISCHER
Captain · U.S. Army
March 20, 1938 – April 1, 1968
Service recordGeorge Arthur Fischer, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 31
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Bomb Disposal Officer (9224)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- March 20, 1938
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1968; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 31
- KENNETH LEE CRISTPetty Officer First Class · April 1, 1968
- WILLIAM STANLEY CUTTINGPetty Officer Second Class · April 1, 1968
- LARRY EUEL DARDENLance Corporal · April 1, 1968
- ALEJANDRO DEJESUS-MUNOZSergeant First Class · April 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN HILTON BLALOCKCaptain · Panel 47E, Line 29
- EDWARD ALLEN BOARDMANCaptain · Panel 47E, Line 29
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.