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ALBERT DEAN FOSTER
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
June 30, 1938 – May 10, 1969
Service recordAlbert Dean Foster, of Muscatine, Iowa, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1969, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 38
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- June 30, 1938
- Home of record
- Muscatine, Iowa (Muscatine County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1969
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 38
- KENNETH JONES EYER JRSpecialist Four · May 10, 1969
- PETER FRANK FEGATELLISpecialist Four · May 10, 1969
- CHARLES JEFFERY FREELANDPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
- HENRY GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
From Muscatine
- LARRY WILLIAM BRENDELSpecialist Four · February 23, 1967
- CHARLES DOUGLAS KINGChief Master Sergeant · December 25, 1968
- GARY LEE BROOKHARTPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
- JERRY ARTHUR BUNNFirst Lieutenant · July 16, 1969
- WILLIAM MORRIS COZADCorporal · May 13, 1970
- LANNY ALLEN YORKFirst Lieutenant · September 16, 1972
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.