Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: F Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Valorous Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 22-Feb-1950
Hometown: Mathiston, Mississippi
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 29-Jul-1969
Start of tour: 3-Jan-1970
Incident date: 2-Aug-1970
Date of casualty: 2-Aug-1970
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
Joe Hugh Fulgham was killed while on a combat operation when a booby trap detonated. / On combat operation. Detonated hostile booby trap.
Two Blackhorse troopers died in this incident:
SP4 Joe Hugh Fulgham
SFC Raymond Leon Williams
Location of fatality: Bien Hoa, South Vietnam, XT 900 290
Place of interment: Double Springs Baptist Cemetery, Double Springs, Mississippi, USA
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