John Richard Fischer

Vietnam War
UnitMarine Attack Squadron 224
RankCaptain U.S. Marine Corps
Entered Service FromPittsburgh Pennsylvania
Date of DeathSeptember 9 1966
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Captain Fischer was a member of the Marine Attack Squadron 224, Marine Attack Group 12, 1st Marine Air Wing. On September 9, 1966, he was the pilot of a Douglas Attack Aircraft Skyhawk (A-4E) over Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, when his aircraft was hit by ground fire and crashed. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.