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FLOYD EDWARD FULLER JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 28, 1950 – May 19, 1970
Service recordFloyd Edward Fuller JR, of Lexington, Mississippi, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 64
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Lexington, Mississippi (Holmes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 10W, Line 64
- ROBERT WAYNE COONSSergeant · May 19, 1970
- LEWIS EARL COXCorporal · May 19, 1970
- KENNETH WALTER GONDERCorporal · May 19, 1970
- RICHARD LEE HERRINGTON JRPrivate First Class · May 19, 1970
From Lexington
- HENRY EARL THOMASSpecialist Four · March 9, 1968
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.