Fisher, George Lester
Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class

George Lester Fisher from Brockton, Massachusetts, Plymouth county.

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Thursday, November 30, 1950
Death details: On the evening of November 27, 1950, a huge Chinese force launched an attack against the U.S. and United Nations (UN) troops stationed in the Chosin Reservoir area in north-east North Korea. The resulting seventeen-day conflict became known as the Battle of Chosin Reservoir. After a fierce defense, U.S. and UN forces attempted to withdraw south from the Chosin Reservoir to the port of Hungnam. A single seventy-eight-mile roadway connecting the reservoir to Hungnam offered the only retreat route, and the withdrawing men faced significant enemy resistance as they traveled down it, attempting to avoid encirclement. After suffering heavy casualties, the U.S. and UN troops eventually broke through Chinese lines and reached Hungnam. Hospital Corpsman Third Class George Lester Fisher, who joined the U.S. Navy from Massachusetts, was attached to Company E, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division. He was one of the relatively few men with Company E who survived the battle for Hill 1282 during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, but was killed in action on November 30, 1950, after his company withdrew off the hill and reached the road to Hagaru-ri. He was reportedly buried by fellow unit members on the east side of the road in the vicinity of Hill 1542; however, his remains could not be located or identified following the war. Today, Hospital Corpsman Third Class Fisher is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency