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JOE HUGH FULGHAM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 22, 1950 – August 2, 1970
Service recordJoe Hugh Fulgham, of Mathiston, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 76
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- February 22, 1950
- Home of record
- Mathiston, Mississippi (Choctaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1970; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 76
- ANTON JOHN SCHOEPKEChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 1, 1970
- PERRY GRAY BLACKCorporal · August 2, 1970
- JAMES ALAN BOYERPrivate First Class · August 2, 1970
- GEORGE W CHARTERS JRSpecialist Five · August 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND LEON WILLIAMSSergeant First Class · Panel 8W, Line 78
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.