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ROGER ALAN FULKERSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 19, 1945 – September 25, 1968
Service recordRoger Alan Fulkerson, of Troy, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1968, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 11
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Troy, New York (Rensselaer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1968; four of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 11
- MARK ALLEN ELLSWORTHSergeant · September 25, 1968
- JERRY FRANCIS GRAJEWSKISergeant · September 25, 1968
- RANDOLPH CLINTON GRIMESPrivate First Class · September 25, 1968
- DANIEL JEROME HILTONLance Corporal · September 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SAMMY BURROLA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 9
- WILLIAM ARTHUR CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 9
- JOHN WILLIAM EASTONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 42W, Line 10
- JOHN ALLEN JENKINS IIISergeant · Panel 42W, Line 12
- TERRY JAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 12
- JOSEPH WILLIAM SEBASTIANCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 14
From Troy
- JAMES JOSEPH MASOTTICaptain · May 28, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS DINGWALLMaster Gunnery Sergeant · July 8, 1965
- ROBERT CHARLES FELTERPrivate First Class · December 11, 1965
- BERNARD JOSEPH WAITStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- DONALD JASON EGAN JRFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1967
- JOSEPH LOUIS MILOSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- ROBERT MARTIN DWYERLance Corporal · May 23, 1967
- RICHARD WILLIAM HAWTHORNELieutenant Colonel · September 12, 1967
- STEPHEN CLARK BARRETTPetty Officer Third Class · January 25, 1968
- GLENN ROY BRUSTSpecialist Four · January 30, 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.