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GORDON ALIDEAN FISH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 2, 1950 – January 7, 1971
Service recordGordon Alidean Fish, of St Joseph, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1971, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 30
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 2, 1950
- Home of record
- St Joseph, Missouri (Buchanan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1971; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 30
- STEPHEN ELDON BOOTSStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1971
- RICK SAMUEL BROWNSergeant · January 7, 1971
- GERARD CORRIVEAUStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1971
- JAMES LARRY CRAIGSergeant · January 7, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LARRY CRAIGSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 30
- CHARLES MITCHELL PRICEStaff Sergeant · Panel 5W, Line 31
From St Joseph
- GALEN FRANCIS HUMPHREYGunnery Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ELMER EUGENE BERRYStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- HENRY CLAYTON CASEBOLTCorporal · February 28, 1966
- RONALD CHARLES LOGANAirman First Class · March 29, 1966
- RICHARD JOSEPH MANLEYSergeant · April 11, 1966
- WELLS ELDON CUNNINGHAMCaptain · August 17, 1966
- RONALD EUGENE BOHONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- CHARLES C BURNETT JRStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1967
- LARRY GENE CAMPBELLCorporal · August 19, 1967
- CHARLES FRANKLIN RILEYPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
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.