| 词条 | Edward Fuller (U.S. Marine Corps officer) |
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Edward Canfield Fuller (September 4, 1893 – June 12, 1918) was an officer in the United States Marine Corps and the son of General Ben Hebard Fuller. BiographyBorn in Hamilton, Virginia, Fuller was a member of the Naval Academy class of 1916, and was commissioned in the Marine Corps upon graduation. Captain Fuller was killed in action in the Battle of Belleau Wood in France June 12, 1918 during World War I. According to his citation he died while fearlessly exposing himself in an artillery barrage in order to get his men into a safer position. He was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross by the Army for his selfless sacrifice for his men. HonorsThe destroyer USS Fuller (DD-297) was named for him. In July 1918, a Marine Corps training camp in Paoli, Pennsylvania, located on the grounds where the American Revolutionary War Battle of Paoli was fought,[1] was named for him. See also{{Portal|Biography|World War I|United States Marine Corps}}References{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/f/fuller-i.html}} 1. ^{{cite news|title=Marines Signal Camp is on Historic Ground|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045211/1918-07-26/ed-1/seq-11/|accessdate=29 January 2016|work=Evening Public Ledger|date=26 July 1918|location=Philadelphia, PA|page=11}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Fuller, Edward}}{{USMC-bio-stub}} 7 : 1893 births|1918 deaths|People from Hamilton, Virginia|United States Marine Corps officers|United States Naval Academy alumni|Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United States)|American military personnel killed in World War I |
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