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JOHN THOMAS FULFORD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 3, 1945 – May 19, 1967
Service recordJohn Thomas Fulford, of Fernandina Beach, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 42
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Fernandina Beach, Florida (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 42
- JAMES FRANKLIN AKINSSergeant · May 19, 1967
- REYNALDO SALINE FERNANDEZCorporal · May 19, 1967
- WALTER THOMAS GEIGERPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- JUAN ANTONIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ANTON THOMAS BORNSTEINSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 40
- JAMES WILBUR ELDRIDGEPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 41
- JUAN ANTONIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 42
- BOBBY VERNON HAYSLIPStaff Sergeant · Panel 20E, Line 43
- GUY ECKMAN MCNAY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 47
- ALBERT JOHN PATRILLOSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 47
From Fernandina Beach
- EMANUEL FRANK DRUMMOND JRStaff Sergeant · September 23, 1966
- JAMES BERNARD MILLERPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- MICHAEL RAY RICEPrivate First Class · December 26, 1967
- WILLIAM THORNTON POCHERCorporal · July 29, 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.