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Personal info

Full name
FISHER, John C
Date of birth
1920
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Massachusetts
Hometown
Worcester County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
20109852
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Armored Infantry Battalion,
5th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 December 1944
Place of death
Southeast of Berzbuir, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
O 13 2

Immediate family

Members
Mary A. Fisher (mother)
John C. Fischer Jr. (son)

More information

Sgt John C. Fisher enlisted in Worcester, Massachusetts on 16 January 1941.

15th Armored Infantry Battalion, reported at 1530 that approximately 200 rounds of enemy mortar fire were falling each hour during the afternoon.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.5ad.org, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Sandra Jacob