Fisher Dale

Birthplace: Salt Lake City, Utah

Branch of Service: Army

Unit: 4281st Quartermaster Depot Company

Theater of Operation: Pacific

Enlisted / Commissioned: Mar 13, 1945

Discharged: Jan 21, 1946

Highest Rank: Tec 5

Honored By: Mark and Donna Fisher

Dale was the 8th of 9 children born to Lester and Lucy Fisher. He married Carol M. Frome in 1945. Drafted into service, Dale adapted well to the Army. He earned the expert infantryman and sharpshooters badges in basic training. Serving as a light truck driver for a Quartermaster’s Company, Dale spent as much time aboard ship in the South Pacific as on land. He left the Army earning the rank of Tec 5 and receiving the Asiatic Pacific Theater Service Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal and World War II Victory Medal. After returning to Salt Lake City in 1946, he resumed work at the family dairy and over the next 53 years he and Carol raised six children, 21 grandchildren and to date, 32 great-grandchildren.