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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Gary Leroy Fuller.

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GARY LEROY FULLER

Airman Second Class · U.S. Air Force

October 18, 1945 – February 27, 1967

Service record

Gary Leroy Fuller, of The Plains, Ohio, served as an Airman Second Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 27, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 15E · Line 105

Position of Panel 15E 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. Air Force
Rank
Airman Second Class (A2C)
Service
Regular
Born
October 18, 1945
Home of record
The Plains, Ohio (Athens County)

Casualty

Date of death
February 27, 1967
Age
21
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Artillery/Mortar/Rocket

Context · from the records

What was happening

46 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1967; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 15E, Line 105

From The Plains

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.