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RONNIE JOE FULLERTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 2, 1947 – January 12, 1969
Service recordRonnie Joe Fullerton, of Slocum, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 76
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- December 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Slocum, Texas (Anderson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 76
- LARRY GRANT BRADLEYPrivate First Class · January 12, 1969
- FRANCIS XAVIER DEVILLESergeant · January 12, 1969
- GEORGE AUGUSTA EVANSCorporal · January 12, 1969
- BRIAN RANDALL FREDRICKCorporal · January 12, 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.