World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
James E. Fisher
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Ashtabula County, Ohio
Honored By
Orville L. Kline
RANK: PRIVATE 1ST CLASS. HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE U.S. ARMY JUNE 2, 1943 AT CLEVELAND, OHIO. SERVED WITH THE U.S. 175TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 29TH INFANTRY ‘BLUE AND GRAY’ DIVISION, 1ST U.S. ARMY IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE VAST ARMADA THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE INVASION OF THE GERMANY’S FORTRESS EUROPE, D-DAY JUNE 6, 1944, OPERATION OVERLORD. WHILE EMBARKING FROM HIS LANDING CRAFT INFANTRY ‘LCI’, HE WENT ASHORE ON OMAHA BEACH, NORMANDY, JUNE 7, 1944. KILLED IN ACTION, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1944 IN THE VICINITY OF BREST, HOLLAND AND IS BURIED AT THE BRITTANY AMERICAN CEMETERY, ST. JAMES (MANCHE), FRANCE. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL.