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VMA-224

 

Captain (O3)

 

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Name:

John Richard Fischer

Branch / Rank:

Marine Corps / Captain ( O3)

Unit:

VMA 224, MAG 12

Date of Birth:

July 17, 1941

Home of Record:

Pittsburgh, PA

Date of Loss:

September 9, 1966

Country of Loss:

South Vietnam

Loss Coordinates:

164842 North 1065217 East

Status (in 1973):

Killed In Action/Body Not Recovered

Category:

3

Duty:

A4E Pilot (Aircraft #150020)

Other personnel in incident:

 

Remarks:

None 

Source:  Compiled by Homecoming II Project 01 September 1990 from one or more of the following: raw data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA families, published sources, interviews.

Length of service 3 years.
His tour of duty began on Sep 09, 1966
Casualty was on Sep 09, 1966
in QUANG TIN, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, FIXED WING - PILOT
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND
Body was not recovered

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