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CLARENCE FULTON
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
April 12, 1931 – August 20, 1968
Service recordClarence Fulton, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 7
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 12, 1931
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1968
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 7
- JOHN ALEXANDER CONNELLFirst Lieutenant · August 20, 1968
- FREDDIE LEE COUCHSergeant · August 20, 1968
- MARTIN ESPINOZALance Corporal · August 20, 1968
- RONALD DUANE GOLDENSpecialist Four · August 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD RAY SIZEMORESergeant · Panel 47W, Line 12
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.