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RONALD EZELL FISHER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 29, 1947 – November 17, 1968
Service recordRonald Ezell Fisher, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 17, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 79
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 15 ENG CO 299 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- October 29, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1968; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “15 ENG CO 299 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 79
- THOMAS FRANCIS CALLAHANLance Corporal · November 17, 1968
- TIMOTHY ALLEN CRANDALLPrivate First Class · November 17, 1968
- FRANCIS M FINNERTY JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1968
- RYAN JUDE GALLOWPrivate First Class · November 17, 1968
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.