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KENNETH EDWARD FISCHER
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 13, 1943 – July 3, 1968
Service recordKenneth Edward Fischer, of Eustis, Florida, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 3, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 42
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- December 13, 1943
- Home of record
- Eustis, Florida (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1968; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 42
- JOHN LEWIS CARTERLance Corporal · July 3, 1968
- RAYMOND CHARLES GARCIASergeant · July 3, 1968
- BASIL LEE HAREFORDSpecialist Four · July 3, 1968
- JOSEPH HODGESSergeant · July 3, 1968
From Eustis
- JERRY LEE PATRICKSpecialist Five · March 31, 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.