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THOMAS WILLIAM FISHER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 21, 1946 – September 4, 1967
Service recordThomas William Fisher, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 4, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 99
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Born
- December 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Allentown, Pennsylvania (Lehigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 99
- FERNANDO VICENTE FOOTELance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- TONY EIDDIE GABALDONPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- JAMES JEFFREY GARRITYLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- GERARD LOUIS JOSE GAUTHIERAirman First Class · September 4, 1967
From Allentown
- HUGH JOHN SULLIVAN JRSergeant · June 5, 1965
- ROBERT LEE HIRSTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- PAUL WILLIAM JANDERSHOVITZSergeant First Class · December 25, 1965
- KENNETH RALPH HOLLENBACHLance Corporal · January 27, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM GARISSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- VICTOR EUGENE KUHNSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- WILBUR THOMAS STAIRMajor · January 25, 1967
- PAUL CARLING HUNTERSpecialist Four · March 17, 1967
- ROBERT ANDREW ONEILSpecialist Five · April 7, 1967
- GORDON EDWARD STOUDTLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
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.