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JOHNNY LEE FULTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 3, 1950 – May 9, 1970
Service recordJohnny Lee Fulton, of Medford, Oregon, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 5
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 3, 1950
- Home of record
- Medford, Oregon (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1970; ten of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 5
- RHONALD LEE DURHAMCaptain · May 9, 1970
- THOMAS JOSEPH FOX JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1970
- STEPHEN HAROLD HAIGHTSpecialist Four · May 9, 1970
- CHESTER GENE HALLSergeant · May 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES DEWANN SLAYTONSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 9
From Medford
- JAMES HERBERT ROWDENPrivate · March 5, 1966
- KEITH LEROY SHIPPPrivate First Class · April 2, 1966
- DAVID STEPHEN CROCKERSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- WALTER RICHARD SPEARE IIICaptain · November 11, 1966
- MICHAEL LESTER LAWSONPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- CHARLES HARRY SNOWPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- JAY DEAN JOHNSONCorporal · September 2, 1967
- PAUL MELVIN BEDDOE JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1968
- MICHAEL STEPHEN COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- JAMES CARL WHISNANPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
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.