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ROBERT LEROY FISHER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 20, 1946 – September 19, 1969
Service recordRobert Leroy Fisher, of Brookston, Indiana, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 19, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 113
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Field Artillery Officer (I) (0801)
- Born
- March 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Brookston, Indiana (White County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 113
- MARTIN BARRY DYER JRSergeant · September 19, 1969
- MONTY JAY EICHHORNPrivate First Class · September 19, 1969
- RONALD LAWRENCE GUTKECorporal · September 19, 1969
- WILLIAM HALL JRSergeant · September 19, 1969
From Brookston
- WILLIAM CHARLES DEWEESESpecialist Five · April 26, 1968
- ROGER LEE WARDSpecialist Four · April 28, 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.