Aaron R. Fisher...May 14, 1895 – Nov.22, 1985
HAPPY BIRTHDAY...R.I.P.
He served more than thirty years in the U.S. Army and was a recipient of several military awards, most notably the Distinguished Service Cross and Purple Heart from the United States and the Croix de Guerre with a gold star from the French government for actions in battle while serving as a second lieutenant during World War I. In addition, Fisher was awarded a U.S. Army Commendation Medal for eleven and a half years of service with the Reserve Officers' Training Corps unit at Wilberforce University. Fisher was promoted to chief warrant officer in 1942 and retired from the military in 1947. He spent his final years in Xenia, Ohio, where he was a civilian employee at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, and died on November 22, 1985. His remains are buried at Valley View Memorial Gardens near Xenia.

Fisher, who enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1911, initially served with the 9th Cavalry Regiment and the 24th Infantry Regiment, both of which were African-American regiments. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant and deployed to Europe, where he served in the 366th Infantry Regiment, 92nd Infantry Division, in France. After World War I Fisher rose through the ranks of enlisted men. He served in the 24th Infantry Regiment, was promoted to the grade of warrant officer in 1921, and was appointed as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Reserve. Fisher's military career included duty in Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, California, Hawaii, Mexico, and the Philippines, before his appointment to the ROTC's military tactics unit at Wilberforce University in Ohio in 1936. Called "Cap" or Captain Fisher by the Wilberforce ROTC cadets, he retired from military duty in 1947.