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JOHN WILLIAM FISHER
Major · U.S. Army
November 25, 1937 – July 9, 1970
Service recordJohn William Fisher, of Palo Alto, California, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on July 9, 1970, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 2
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 25, 1937
- Home of record
- Palo Alto, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1970
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1970; he was the only one lost in Chau Doc Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 2
- CHARLES EDWIN BRAY JRSpecialist Five · July 9, 1970
- GREGORY ALEXIS DODGESergeant · July 9, 1970
- LARRY MARK HORNERSergeant · July 9, 1970
- JAMES LYNN JONESSpecialist Four · July 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- NATHANIEL JAMES PHILLIPSSergeant First Class · Panel 8W, Line 4
From Palo Alto
- GORDON LEE PAGEColonel · March 7, 1966
- RODNEY CLEVELAND UPCHURCHPrivate First Class · July 29, 1966
- ROGER C HALLBERGSergeant First Class · March 24, 1967
- KIERAN JOHN STARRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1967
- DAVID JOHN UCKERLance Corporal · October 11, 1967
- RICHARD ARLAN STONESergeant · November 6, 1967
- DON PRIENSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- MICHAEL DURYEA LEEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- JOHN DENIS PETERSCorporal · May 29, 1968
- PAUL ROSARIO LOFORTIWarrant Officer 1 · November 23, 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.