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WILLIAM ARRON FISH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 30, 1948 – May 18, 1967
Service recordWilliam Arron Fish, of Oakdale, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 18, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- December 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Oakdale, California (Stanislaus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
94 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1967; 38 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 25
- COIL EDMOND JRCorporal · May 18, 1967
- MICHAEL CHARLES FARRELLLance Corporal · May 18, 1967
- WILLIAM G FELLINGER JRPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- DUAINE KARL FISHERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
From Oakdale
- GUNTHER H REHLINGStaff Sergeant · September 6, 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.