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JACKIE JUNIOR FULGHUM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 5, 1943 – October 30, 1965
Service recordJackie Junior Fulghum, of Hanceville, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 6
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 5, 1943
- Home of record
- Hanceville, Alabama (Cullman County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1965
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 6
- FRANK ANDREW GAGLIARDOSergeant · October 30, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- ROBERT PATRICK JORDANLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- SEYMOUR PATRICK SADBERRYPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
Same unit, same day
- AARON CRUSOE MURRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 7
From Hanceville
- ERNEST BRYAN CUPPSergeant · April 5, 1967
- EDWARD MORRIS PIKESpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD HAWKSpecialist Four · March 30, 1970
- DANNIE LEE HAWKINSSergeant · May 29, 1970
- WAYNE REUBEN HYATTMajor · February 18, 1971
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.