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AUBURN WOOD FOREMAN JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 13, 1944 – December 16, 1965
Service recordAuburn Wood Foreman JR, of Attalla, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 16, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 18
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- February 13, 1944
- Home of record
- Attalla, Alabama (Etowah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1965; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 18
- JOSEPH BRADSHAW BAGGETTMajor · December 16, 1965
- JOSE BAMBA DUENASStaff Sergeant · December 16, 1965
- RAYMOND STANLEY JOY JRCorporal · December 16, 1965
- WILLIAM ROBERT MOORELance Corporal · December 16, 1965
From Attalla
- THOMAS DAVID DUNCANSpecialist Four · November 1, 1965
- GLENN EDWARD SANDERSLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- RALPH MAX KNIGHTSergeant · August 30, 1967
- ROBERT LEE HILLEYSpecialist Four · January 6, 1968
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.