Richard William Fischer

Vietnam War
Unit3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division
RankStaff Sergeant U.S. Marine Corps
Entered Service FromMadison Wisconsin
Date of DeathJanuary 8 1968
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Staff Sergeant Fischer was a member of Company M, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division. On January 8, 1968, he was with an ambush team in Dien Ban District, south of Da Nang, South Vietnam when he was declared missing while fighting the enemy in South Vietnam. His remains were recovered on October 7, 1994 and identified on September 4, 2007. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.