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RICHARD JAMES FISHER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 1, 1945 – April 29, 1969
Service recordRichard James Fisher, of West Monroe, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 77
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- September 1, 1945
- Home of record
- West Monroe, New York (Oswego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 77
- LESTER EARL DOWNINGPrivate First Class · April 29, 1969
- DANIEL EDWARD FECKSpecialist Four · April 29, 1969
- ROBERT MORRIS FLANIGANSpecialist Four · April 29, 1969
- FREDERICK EDWARD FURRPetty Officer Third Class · April 29, 1969
From West Monroe
- DENNIS ALLEN BORLANDCorporal · December 24, 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.