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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Charles McDonald Fuller.

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CHARLES MCDONALD FULLER

Private First Class · U.S. Army

August 13, 1943 – May 6, 1969

Service record

Charles McDonald Fuller, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 25W · Line 11

Position of Panel 25W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
9 INF DIV
Born
August 13, 1943
Home of record
Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 6, 1969
Age
25
Province
Long An
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

Context · from the records

What was happening

36 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1969; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 25W, Line 11

Same unit, same day

From Columbus

All 226 names from Columbus →

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.