World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Benjamin C. Y. Fuller
Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Coronado, California
Honored By
Orville L. Kline
Rank: Captain. He served in the United States Marine Corps as a Marine Aviator Pilot, who flew the PB4Y-1 ‘Liberator’ Patrol Bomber. Assigned to the Marine Photographic Squadron VMD-154, Marine Aircraft Group-15, an element of the First Marine Aircraft Wing. His unit was based at the Espiritu Santo Naval Base Location: Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides Islands, South Pacific Theater of Operations. Sunday, February 7, 1943 he was reported missing in action, lost at sea when he took off from Espiritu Santo for the first leg of a photographic mission to Truk Island. The aircraft on take-off plunged into the sea 600 yards offshore of the airstrip. In remembrance of the brave, his name is permanently inscribed in the tablets of the missing, memorialized at Honolulu Memorial Location: Honolulu, Hawaii. This American Patriot was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously, for his Heroism and ultimate sacrifice.