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JOHN RICHARD FISCHER
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
July 17, 1941 – September 9, 1966
Service recordJohn Richard Fischer, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 9, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 80
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Vme (Jet) (7333)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VMA 224 MAG 12 1 MAW
- Born
- July 17, 1941
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “VMA 224 MAG 12 1 MAW”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 10E, Line 80
- JAMES AZALOU BROWN JRPrivate First Class · September 9, 1966
- WILLIAM RALPH GILL JRCorporal · September 9, 1966
- WILLIAM JAMES GILLETTEPrivate First Class · September 9, 1966
- JOSEPH WALTER MATTLance Corporal · September 9, 1966
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 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.