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JIMMY LEE FISHER
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 23, 1947 – November 15, 1967
Service recordJimmy Lee Fisher, of Calistoga, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 100
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Calistoga, California (Napa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 100
- JIMMY EDWIN FLYNNSpecialist Four · November 15, 1967
- JOHN SWAIN GORDONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1967
- DAVID IRA HARNERSpecialist Four · November 15, 1967
- HENRY B HAWKINS JRPrivate First Class · November 15, 1967
From Calistoga
- MICHAEL ELKINTONCorporal · July 18, 1968
- STEPHEN LANCE TOWNSENDSergeant · September 26, 1968
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.