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WAYNE HENRY FISCHER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 25, 1947 – January 7, 1969
Service recordWayne Henry Fischer, of Summit, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 51
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Teletype Operator (05C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Summit, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1969; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 51
- CHARLES JOHN ROBINSONSergeant · January 7, 1969
- GLENN WAYNE ROMEROPrivate First Class · January 7, 1969
- DANNY RAY SCOTTSpecialist Four · January 7, 1969
- STEPHEN LYLE TRONERUDWarrant Officer 1 · January 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LEWIS MORRISSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 49
From Summit
- GLENN RAY MILLERPrivate First Class · July 5, 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.