Corporal Terrell J. Fuller-Hometown Hero, Home At Last

Corporal Terrell J. Fuller     

  Between 1990 and 1994, Korea returned 208 boxes of human remains which were later determined to contain the remains of  400 U.S. Servicemen.  Through sophisticated DNA testing many of them have been identified.  One of them, Corporal Terrell J. Fuller was from my hometown of Toccoa, Georgia.  I am proud to say that yesterday he was given a burial in Toccoa with full military honors.  His body was flown from Honolulu to Atlanta and from Atlanta to Toccoa by car, he had a military escort.  If you click on his name at the first of this post, you may read more about him from an excellent written obituary.  
It appears that he had been a prisoner of war.  In 1954, Fuller's name had appeared on a list of soldiers who had died in custody. Another soldier has come forward and stated that he remembered him as a fellow POW. 

Corporal Terrell J. Fuller was laid to rest on Aug. 11, 2018, on what would have been his 88th birthday.   He is buried in Stephens County Memorial Cemetery.  It is same place where my grandparents are buried, my father's parents and it is serenely beautiful.  Corporal Terrell J. Fuller, may you rest in peace, surrounded by those from your hometown. 

On a personal note, I wonder how many have Terrell as a name in this area.  One of my cousins had that name as a middle name on my mother's side and on my Dad's side, his brother has Terrell as a middle name.  There was a well known doctor by that name (Dr. Terrell, it was his surname) and he must have been very well loved.
My cousin died at a young age but my Uncle John is in his 90's.

I must also mention to you that my mother's first husband died in Korea.  I will never forget seeing the American flag so carefully folded and his Purple Heart in our cedar chest.  Roy Hollifield was killed July 7, 1952.  He was only 24.  

From the Korean War,  7691 Americans still remain unaccounted for. May all those who have died in service be honored and remembered.