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JAMES TED FISHER
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 23, 1949 – May 28, 1970
Service recordJames Ted Fisher, of Okanogan, Washington, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 113
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Okanogan, Washington (Okanogan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 113
- MICHAEL GENE DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · May 28, 1970
- JAMES ROBERT DUNAWAYSpecialist Five · May 28, 1970
- MICHAEL ALBERT FRESECorporal · May 28, 1970
- DENNIS JOSEPH GATTISpecialist Four · May 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ANTON CAESAR MYLESPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 115
From Okanogan
- JAMES WESLEY BRYANTPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
- JACKIE RANDALL COMBSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- RICHARD EMMETT PRATTSpecialist Four · December 8, 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.