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VARL ESTON FULFORD
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 9, 1928 – June 6, 1966
Service recordVarl Eston Fulford, of Bowling Green, Florida, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 14
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
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 9, 1928
- Home of record
- Bowling Green, Florida (Hardee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1966
- Age
- 38
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 14
- THOMAS J FALLON JRSpecialist Five · June 6, 1966
- MAXIMO PAULITE FERNANDEZSpecialist Four · June 6, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH GALBRAITHSpecialist Four · June 6, 1966
- EDDIE GREENPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
Same unit, same day
- FRANKLIN WAYNE SMITHSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 13
- MICHAEL JOSEPH GALBRAITHSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 14
- EDDIE GREENPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 14
- ERNESTO DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 15
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS HOPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 15
From Bowling Green
- ROY EDWARD SHAW JRCaptain · December 6, 1970
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.