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JOHNNIE CHESTER FULLER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 29, 1940 – May 18, 1967
Service recordJohnnie Chester Fuller, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 27
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 29, 1940
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
94 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1967; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 20E, Line 27
- JOHN CHARLES GAINOUSPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- STANLEY MAURICE GODWINCorporal · May 18, 1967
- HORACE ROSCOE GORESergeant · May 18, 1967
- WESLEY IRA GOSWICKSpecialist Five · May 18, 1967
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.