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JAMES LARRY FULLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 26, 1947 – November 3, 1968
Service recordJames Larry Fuller, of Granite City, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 12
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Granite City, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1968; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 12
- JOE LEO MASCARENASSergeant · November 3, 1968
- JAMES RAPHAEL NORRISStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1968
- BILLY JAY PITTSStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1968
- FRANKLIN WILLIE POOLEPrivate First Class · November 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BRYAN LEE WILSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 39W, Line 14
From Granite City
- ROBERT EDWARD EMERYPrivate · December 9, 1965
- GENE E CHEPELYPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- JOHN BERNARD CAUSEYCaptain · February 25, 1966
- LOREN EUGENE BRADLEYPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- RALPH ROGER JUSTICEStaff Sergeant · January 6, 1967
- JAMES RAY DOWDYPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- JOE CARL LEUTENEGGERPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- RICHARD EUGENE SHILTSpecialist Four · August 17, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN GIEBECorporal · November 9, 1967
- MICHAEL EDWARD ADAMSSergeant · November 19, 1967
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.