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RICHARD WILLIAM FISCHER
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 15, 1947 – January 8, 1968
Service recordRichard William Fischer, of Madison, Wisconsin, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on January 8, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 84
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
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- M CO 3 BN 5 MAR 1 DIV
- Born
- June 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Madison, Wisconsin (Dane County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 8, 1968
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 84
- GEORGE WALTER ELLISColonel · January 8, 1968
- ALTON JIMMY FENNELLPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- RONALD LEE FOXLance Corporal · January 8, 1968
- ROGER CHRISTOPHER FOXWORTHPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
From Madison
- ROSCOE AMMERMANStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1965
- JEAN PIERRE DOWLINGLance Corporal · January 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH BANOVEZ JRCorporal · July 18, 1966
- WILLY VASCILLE QUASTStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1967
- THOMAS ERWIN MATUSHPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN THOMAMajor · January 12, 1967
- LEONARD DEAN THOMPSONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1967
- GORDON WAYNE STOFLETLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- VERNON GENE STICHSpecialist Four · August 7, 1967
- MARK WILLARD NEUMANNSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
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.