Albert Clayton Fulwider Jr
Military
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 44594 - T/Sgt Albert Clayton Fulwider Jr 384BG
Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Clarry Stearns crew. 28 x combat missions. Shot down by fighters and crashed near Zetteritz on 20-Jul-44 in B-17 'Section 8' 42-37974, Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 7278.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME, UN and Korea medals.
Post war: Served in Korean and Vietnam conflicts.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-738045
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | 30 August 1920 | Son of Albert Clayton Sr and Bertha May [Russ] Fulwider. |
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Other Promotion |
Grafton Underwood, UK | 18 April 1944 | Promoted to Tech Sergeant. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 20 July 1944 | Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16 |
|
Other Baled out POW |
Zetteritz, Germany | 20 July 1944 | Shot down by fighters and crashed near Zetteritz on 20-Jul-44 in B-17 'Section 8' 42-37974 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 7278 |
|
Died |
Las Vegas, NV | 16 August 1998 | |
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Buried |
Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery Boulder City, Clark County, NV | 21 August 1998 | Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery Boulder City, Clark County, Nevada |
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Based |
Grafton Underwood | 20 July 1944 | Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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https://www.fold3.com/record/712840896-fulwider-albert-clayton
https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=5597
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10298605/albert-clayton-fulwider
Added a POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added S/N and POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7278, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…
