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ROYAL CLIFTON FISHER JR
Captain · U.S. Army
July 21, 1931 – November 4, 1965
Service recordRoyal Clifton Fisher JR, of Baytown, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 21, 1931
- Home of record
- Baytown, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1965
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 318 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 17
- RICHARD ARTHUR COFFEYSergeant · November 4, 1965
- CHARLES CLAYBOURN COXSergeant · November 4, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- WRIGHT BARTWYN HAMILLPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
Same unit, same day
- ALAN LYNN BARNETTPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 16
- JAMES EARL CLARKMaster Sergeant · Panel 3E, Line 16
- RICHARD ARTHUR COFFEYSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 17
- CHARLES CLAYBOURN COXSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 17
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 17
- WRIGHT BARTWYN HAMILLPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 17
- EDDIE LEE HILL JRCorporal · Panel 3E, Line 18
- ROY MARVIN HITT JRSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 18
- JAMES HENRY JARZENSKISergeant · Panel 3E, Line 18
- CHAMP JACKSON LAWSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 18
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 19
- WILLIAM JOHN LYONSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 3E, Line 19
- FRED MOORE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 19
- WALTER B OLIVERSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 19
- RICHARD EDWARD STEELMajor · Panel 3E, Line 19
- BENJAMIN ROBERT PINKERTONSpecialist Five · Panel 3E, Line 20
- JAMES WILLIAM SIZEMOREWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 3E, Line 20
- ROBERT ARNOLD TILLQUISTSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 20
- JOE THOMAS WELBORNChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 3E, Line 20
- LARIS WHITE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 21
From Baytown
- ALBERT WILBER SONNIERSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ARTHUR W DRYNANStaff Sergeant · June 8, 1966
- JAKE A SIMMONSPrivate First Class · October 25, 1966
- JAMES DOUGLAS CARTER JRSecond Lieutenant · June 7, 1967
- CHARLES HOWARD KILGORECorporal · October 2, 1967
- ROBERT LAWRENCE HALEPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- DANIEL PENA JRSpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- VICTOR JAMES HUMPHREYPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- GEORGE OWEN SPANGLERSpecialist Four · May 19, 1968
- NOE TAMEYOZASpecialist Four · November 2, 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.