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RONALD JAY FISHER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 13, 1948 – February 23, 1971
Service recordRonald Jay Fisher, of Akron, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1971, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 133
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
- Light Air Defense Artillery Crewmember (16F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Akron, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1971; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 133
- RICHARD JACOB FRAZIERSpecialist Four · February 23, 1971
- GENARO GARZAStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1971
- JOSEPH BRENDAN HARTPrivate First Class · February 23, 1971
- TERRANCE AKI OGATASpecialist Four · February 23, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS JAY CRAWFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 132
- LARRY GILBERT DAHLSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 132
- GENARO GARZAStaff Sergeant · Panel 5W, Line 133
- JOSEPH BRENDAN HARTPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 133
- FREDERICK LEE BEATTYSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 135
- VINCENT JOSEPH MEDJESKYPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 135
From Akron
- PAUL R HELTSLEY IIIPrivate First Class · July 17, 1964
- ANDREW MILLARD KEACaptain · May 16, 1965
- GEORGE HOWARD FRAZEE JRSergeant · May 28, 1965
- FRANK WILLARD WILSONCorporal · June 6, 1965
- ROBERT DUANE STEPANOVSpecialist Four · July 5, 1965
- RICHARD WEBSTERSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- WAYNE HULEN ROWLANDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1966
- RICHARD DOUGLAS HOGARTHFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1966
- JOSEPH STANLEY VESELY JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- JAMES QUINEL AYDLETTFirst Lieutenant · July 11, 1966
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.