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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of James Roy Fisher.

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JAMES ROY FISHER

Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army

February 5, 1942 – May 15, 1968

Service record

James Roy Fisher, of Star Junction, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 60E · Line 22

Position of Panel 60E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Staff Sergeant (SSG)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Armor Crewman (11E)
Unit (as recorded)
25 INF DIV
Born
February 5, 1942
Home of record
Star Junction, Pennsylvania (Fayette County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 15, 1968
Age
26
Province
Hua Nghia
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Grenade

Context · from the records

What was happening

75 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1968; six of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 60E, Line 22

Same unit, same day

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.