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CHARLES EDWARD FULTON
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
September 2, 1943 – January 2, 1965
Service recordCharles Edward Fulton, of Elizabethton, Tennessee, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 2, 1965, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 81
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 2, 1943
- Home of record
- Elizabethton, Tennessee (Carter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1965; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In January 1965, 18 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 81
- GEORGE CARL BIGLEYSergeant First Class · January 3, 1965
- JAMES FLOYD RAYCaptain · January 9, 1965
- WILLIAM THOMAS REACHFirst Lieutenant · January 9, 1965
- ALTON LEE HORNBUCKLEPrivate First Class · January 15, 1965
From Elizabethton
- JAMES MITCHELL CORNETTPrivate First Class · March 24, 1966
- DALE ALONZO JOHNSONMajor · October 27, 1966
- GARY MURRAYSpecialist Four · May 24, 1967
- WILLIAM JACK WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 27, 1967
- JOHN PAUL AVERYLance Corporal · October 14, 1967
- BILLY JOE ELLISStaff Sergeant · January 3, 1968
- ROBERT LEE SHAFFERLance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- THOMAS CHARLES TREADWAYSpecialist Five · August 12, 1968
- ROY HASKEL WILSONCaptain · October 22, 1968
- FREDDIE RAY GUINNCorporal · February 23, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.