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Troopers of the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade, watch a UH-1D land, March 1970.
Troopers of the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade, watch a UH-1D land, March 1970. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of John F Fuller.

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JOHN F FULLER

Specialist Five · U.S. Army

December 3, 1941 – December 22, 1967

Service record

John F Fuller, of Great Bend, New York, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 22, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 32E · Line 44

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Specialist Five (SP5)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
Unit (as recorded)
173 AHC 1 AVN BDE
Born
December 3, 1941
Home of record
Great Bend, New York (Jefferson County)

Casualty

Date of death
December 22, 1967
Age
26
Province
Binh Long
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

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37 names on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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Also on Panel 32E, Line 44

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.