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ALFONZA FOSTER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 22, 1948 – August 28, 1970
Service recordAlfonza Foster, of East Liverpool, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 22, 1948
- Home of record
- East Liverpool, Ohio (Columbiana County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1970; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 18
- EDWARD JOHN PARADASergeant · August 27, 1970
- STEVEN LYNN COFFEYSpecialist Four · August 28, 1970
- RAYMOND LEON HODGES JRSergeant · August 28, 1970
- JOE LUNA JRSpecialist Four · August 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HOFF RALPH HENRY VONDERPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 20
- THEODORE ANTHONY WOLTERSPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 20
From East Liverpool
- JOSEPH JAMES COMPA JRStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- RICHARD FRANKLIN ROACHHospitalman · June 20, 1966
- TERRY LEE BARCUSPrivate First Class · September 18, 1966
- STEVEN MICHAEL HANIOTESPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- STEPHEN ERIC SEIFERTHPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- JAMES HAROLD PIGOTTCorporal · August 22, 1968
- DALLAS REESE PRIDEMORESergeant First Class · September 8, 1968
- SAMUEL CHRISTIAN HALLPrivate First Class · May 20, 1969
- DANA EDWARD MEANSPrivate First Class · August 13, 1969
- WILLIAM DENNIS GALLAWAYSpecialist Five · April 24, 1970
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.