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CHARLES EUGENE FULKS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 31, 1949 – December 7, 1969
Service recordCharles Eugene Fulks, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 7, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 35
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SVC BRTY 2 BN 13 ARTY II FF
- Born
- August 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1969; four of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 35
- ROBERT EUGENE DEVINNEYWarrant Officer 1 · December 7, 1969
- DANIEL ROSS FANKBONERPrivate First Class · December 7, 1969
- ISSAC DAVID FAUGHNStaff Sergeant · December 7, 1969
- RUSSELL EUGENE GEDEONSergeant · December 7, 1969
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
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.