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THOMAS GAYLON FISHER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 6, 1948 – February 13, 1969
Service recordThomas Gaylon Fisher, of Millersburg, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 25
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Millersburg, Ohio (Holmes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1969; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 25
- THOMAS ELBERT CREEKLance Corporal · February 13, 1969
- DANNY KAY CROTHERSLance Corporal · February 13, 1969
- DENNIS EUGENE DAWSONCorporal · February 13, 1969
- DANIEL LEE HENRYLance Corporal · February 13, 1969
From Millersburg
- LARRY DEAN BARTONSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- JAMES LEE CLARKSpecialist Four · July 25, 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.