He is best known for his command of the 41st Infantry Division in the South West Pacific Area during World War II.

He was appointed to the United States Military Academy at West Point – where his father had graduated with the class of 1873 – by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1904.

He transferred to the field artillery on July 1, 1916, but returned to United States to serve with the 17th Cavalry at Fort Bliss.

He participated in the Meuse–Argonne offensive and commanded the 108th Field Artillery in the Battle of the Sambre, earning promotion to temporary Lieutenant Colonel on September 11, 1918.

He commanded the 109th Field Artillery until March 1919 and then served with the Motor Transport Corps and Graves Registration Service.

[4] After attending a chemical warfare course at Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland, Fuller was posted to Paris as military attaché to France.

White, he became commander of the 41st Infantry Division and was promoted to the temporary rank of major general on December 15, 1941.

At Biak, tenacious defence by well-dug-in Japanese defenders frustrated his attempt to rapidly secure the island.

His personal courage and inspiring leadership made possible the able expedition of assigned missions, and contributed materially to our success in dislodging the enemy and forcing him to relinquish his conquests.