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WILLIAM OTIS FULLER
Major · U.S. Air Force
August 20, 1935 – August 26, 1967
Service recordWilliam Otis Fuller, of Houston, Texas, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 26, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 47
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 558 TFS
- Born
- August 20, 1935
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “558 TFS”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 25E, Line 47
- CHARLES GREEN JRCorporal · August 26, 1967
- RONALD EDWARD KEGLOVITSPrivate First Class · August 26, 1967
- THOMAS MICHAEL KILCULLENCaptain · August 26, 1967
- JOSEPH CHARLES LUPOSpecialist Five · August 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS MICHAEL KILCULLENCaptain · Panel 25E, Line 47
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.