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OTIS SYLVESTER FISHER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 8, 1948 – November 12, 1966
Service recordOtis Sylvester Fisher, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 61
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 61
- THOMAS GEORGE FITZGIBBONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN FOGARTYPrivate First Class · November 12, 1966
- ROBERT CLARENCE FROSIOCommander · November 12, 1966
- NICHOLAS JOSEPH FULMERSpecialist Four · November 12, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JERRY LEE RUITERPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 65
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.