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MICHAEL KENT FULTZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 8, 1948 – May 14, 1969
Service recordMichael Kent Fultz, of Earlville, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · 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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Earlville, Illinois (La Salle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1969; 24 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 5
- RONALD WALTER FEROUGESpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- GILES WILSON GILMERSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- MARK JOSEPH GIRONPrivate First Class · May 14, 1969
- FRED GRABIEL GUSMAN JRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES EDWARD BOUTTRYCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 1
- RONALD WALTER FEROUGESpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 5
- ROBERT M HIGGINBOTHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 6
- HENRY LAWRENCE OWENSSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 9
From Earlville
- DAVID ROY MANNSpecialist Four · May 28, 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.