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RICHARD OWEN FISK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 30, 1948 – December 16, 1968
Service recordRichard Owen Fisk, of Vestaburg, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 16, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 29
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Vestaburg, Michigan (Montcalm County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 29
- TOMMIE JOE CLARKStaff Sergeant · December 16, 1968
- DAVID ABRAM FLEISCHERPrivate First Class · December 16, 1968
- RAMIRO INFANZON-COLONSpecialist Four · December 16, 1968
- TERRY PENSONEAUSecond Lieutenant · December 16, 1968
From Vestaburg
- DANIEL JOSEPH RUSNELLPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- DEAN L BEACHMajor · October 7, 1968
- STEVEN VERNON ELTINGPrivate First Class · September 21, 1969
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.