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ROBERT PHILIP FISCHER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 17, 1948 – December 4, 1968
Service recordRobert Philip Fischer, of Mcguire Afb, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 4, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 38
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Mcguire Afb, New Jersey (Burlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 38
- GABRIEL CARDONA JRCorporal · December 4, 1968
- ROBERT CLOKESSpecialist Four · December 4, 1968
- THOMAS EUGENE CONKELPrivate First Class · December 4, 1968
- FREEMON EVANSSergeant · December 4, 1968
From Mcguire Afb
- RAINER K MORGANSergeant · January 8, 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.