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JOE RAYMOND FULGHUM JR
Captain · U.S. Army
September 10, 1939 – February 2, 1967
Service recordJoe Raymond Fulghum JR, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 107
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 283 MED DET USARV
- Born
- September 10, 1939
- Home of record
- Murfreesboro, Tennessee (Rutherford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1967; six of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “283 MED DET USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 107
- ROBERT VOLNIE BAIRSpecialist Four · February 2, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH BENTFELDPrivate First Class · February 2, 1967
- JOHN ANTHONY DABONKAPrivate First Class · February 2, 1967
- ROGER DANIEL HERRANDOSergeant · February 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS MICHAEL MARTINEZSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 108
- ALAN HARRY ZIMMERMANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 14E, Line 110
From Murfreesboro
- GEORGE WILLIAM BURKHEARTFirst Lieutenant · September 3, 1965
- ROBERT OLIVER GARANTCorporal · July 29, 1966
- LARRY DON EARLSFirst Lieutenant · January 2, 1967
- ROBERT RAY BOYDCaptain · May 17, 1967
- RONALD JOHN ENSLEY JRPrivate First Class · November 3, 1967
- RICHARD EDWARD WADEStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1967
- EUGENE MERRILL WOODSONSergeant · August 8, 1968
- GEORGE D OSBORNESergeant · October 4, 1968
- JAMES TIMOTHY LUSCINSKICaptain · October 8, 1969
- MARK ALBERT BABSON JRCaptain · October 14, 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.