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Personal info

Full name
FULGHUM, Worth Bagley Sr
Date of birth
27 May 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Middlesex, Nash County, North Carolina
Hometown
Spring Hope, Nash County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34864410
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
8th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 January 1945
Place of death
Near Weppeler, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 2 48

Immediate family

Members
Kenneth M. Fulghum (father)
Ella M. (Johnson) Fulghum (mother)
Ruth R. Fulghum (sister)
Ruby E. Fulghum (sister)
Leon H. Fulghum (brother)
Virginia D. Fulghum (sister)
John J. Fulghum (brother)
Kenneth E. Fulghum (brother)
Joseph W. Fulghum (brother)
Verna M. (Pridgen) Fulghum (wife)
Elmo D. Fulghum (son)
Worth B. Fulghum (son)

More information

Pvt Worth B. Fulghum Sr. was a driver before he enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on 25 May 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Company’s / 4ID After Action Reports, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com – Ann Marie
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com – Ann Marie