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CPT Edward Canfield Fuller

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CPT Edward Canfield Fuller

Birth
Hamilton, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA
Death
12 Jun 1918 (aged 24)
Belleau, Departement de l'Aisne, Picardie, France
Burial
Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 3 Lot 369
Memorial ID
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Son of Gen Ben Herard Fuller, USMC
United States Marine Corps
Killed in World War I, in the battle of Belleau Wood.

The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Captain Edward Canfield Fuller (MCSN: 0-2395), United States Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while serving with the Sixth Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, A.E.F., in action in the attack on Bois-de-Belleau, France, 12 June 1918. While fearlessly exposing himself in an artillery barrage for the purpose of getting his men into a position of security in the attack on Bois-de-Belleau, Captain Fuller was killed and thereby gave his life in an effort to protect his men.
Son of Gen Ben Herard Fuller, USMC
United States Marine Corps
Killed in World War I, in the battle of Belleau Wood.

The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Captain Edward Canfield Fuller (MCSN: 0-2395), United States Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while serving with the Sixth Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, A.E.F., in action in the attack on Bois-de-Belleau, France, 12 June 1918. While fearlessly exposing himself in an artillery barrage for the purpose of getting his men into a position of security in the attack on Bois-de-Belleau, Captain Fuller was killed and thereby gave his life in an effort to protect his men.


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  • Maintained by: J. C. Clark
  • Originally Created by: PL
  • Added: Apr 2, 2004
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8589951/edward_canfield-fuller: accessed ), memorial page for CPT Edward Canfield Fuller (4 Sep 1893–12 Jun 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 8589951, citing United States Naval Academy Cemetery, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA; Maintained by J. C. Clark (contributor 47094715).