Fullerton, Harold Othell
Army Private

Harold Othell Fullerton from Pennsylvania, Butler county.

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Sunday, October 1, 1950
Death details: On July 11, 1950, the U.S. Army’s 21st Infantry Regiment, which had arrived in Korea six days earlier, was placed in defensive positions near the town of Chochiwon, South Korea. The regiment was not at full strength and lacked artillery and anti-tank weapons. That day, they were attacked by North Korean forces and were forced to withdraw to avoid being surrounded, as well as to buy time until they could be reinforced and resupplied. Private First Class Harold Othell Fullerton, who joined the U.S. Army from Pennsylvania, served with L Company, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was captured by enemy forces near Chochiwon, and forced to march north to a temporary prison camp at Manpo, North Korea. He died there on October 1 of exposure and pneumonia and was buried near the camp by his companions; however, his remains were not identified among those returned to U.S. custody after the cease fire. Today, Private First Class Fullerton is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency