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JOHN LUTHER FULLER JR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 10, 1944 – March 23, 1967
Service recordJohn Luther Fuller JR, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 23, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 28
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- June 10, 1944
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 28
- KEVIN MELBOURNE DAILEYSpecialist Four · March 23, 1967
- RICHARD FRANCIS DUNHAMCorporal · March 23, 1967
- PAUL LIONEL DURANDPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- JOHN ANDREW EWARTLance Corporal · March 23, 1967
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
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.