Wayne Fisk, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Wayne Fisk

Recipient of the Silver Star

Date of Birth: 06-Apr-1945

Place of Birth: Waldport, Oregon, United States

Profession: military personnel

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Wayne Fisk

  • Chief Master Sergeant Wayne Fisk (born April 6, 1945) was directly involved in the famed Son Tay POW camp raid and the rescue of the crew of the SS Mayagüez.
  • When the Mayagüez was hijacked by Cambodian Communist forces in May 1975, Fisk was a member of the assault force that successfully recovered the ship and the entrapped United States Marines.
  • For his actions, he was presented with his second Silver Star.
  • Concluding the Mayagüez mission, he was recognized as the last American serviceman to engage Communist forces in ground combat in Southeast Asia.
  • In 1979, he was the first Air Force enlisted recipient of the US Jaycees Ten Outstanding Young Men of America.
  • In 1986, he became the first director of the Air Force Enlisted Heritage Hall on Maxwell AFB-Gunter Annex.

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