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GEORGE RONALD FULLER
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 3, 1947 – February 19, 1968
Service recordGeorge Ronald Fuller, of Thomaston, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1968, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 21
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Thomaston, Georgia (Upson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
93 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1968; ten of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 144 of its members that month.
He died in Binh Thuan Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 21
- EARNEST WESLEY FOWLKEPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- JOHN HERBERT GFELLERPlatoon Sergeant · February 19, 1968
- DOUGLAS J GLOVERSergeant First Class · February 19, 1968
- ROBERT DALE GRIFFISPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES CLAIR FOSTERCorporal · Panel 40E, Line 17
- ASHLAND FREDERICK BURCHWELLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40E, Line 18
- TIMOTHY LYNN COLLIERSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 18
- JOHN HERBERT GFELLERPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 40E, Line 21
- ROBERT DALE GRIFFISPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 21
- RONNIE HARRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 22
- MARTIN ROY KNIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 23
- DONALD FISHER MARSHALL IISpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 25
- JAMES EDWARD MULLINSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40E, Line 26
- JOHN PASS IIISpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 28
- WALTER MARCELLU PATTERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 28
- CARL ALLAN RATTEESergeant · Panel 40E, Line 29
- WILLIAM ROBERT SEIBERTSergeant · Panel 40E, Line 30
- JERRY DONALD SISCO JRPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 31
- ENRIQUE LORENZO SOLIZSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 32
- THOMAS CECIL VAUGHANSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 33
- JAMES ROBERT WEBSTER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 34
From Thomaston
- PERRY LEE HARRISPrivate First Class · January 29, 1967
- JIMMY LEE BUSSEYPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- DAVID ADOLPHUS TAYLORPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- EUGENE OLIVER OWENBYCorporal · May 19, 1967
- THURLO MERIDA MCCLURECorporal · August 16, 1967
- JOSEPH LAMAR JORDANPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- RICKY GENE HARRISONPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- THOMAS GERALD DICKERSONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1968
- ROY ARNOLD CARROLLSpecialist Four · April 22, 1969
- BILL JAKE DUPREESpecialist Five · April 27, 1969
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.