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Personal info

Full name
FISHER, Calvin
Date of birth
10 November 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Wattsburg, Venango County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33436524
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
193rd Glider Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
29 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 9 20

Immediate family

Members
William H. Fisher (father)
Eva L. Fisher (mother)
Raymond Fisher (brother)
Jennie Fisher (sister)
Richard Fisher (brother)
Marian Fisher (sister)
John Fisher (brother)
Gaylord Fisher (brother)
Reynold Fisher (brother)
Rexford Fisher (brother)
William Fisher (brother)

More information

Pfc Calvin Fisher enlisted in Erie, Pennsylvania on 7 April 1943.
He attended high school for 1 year before he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Maliha B, http://www.ww2-airborne.us