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BENNY EDWARD FOSTER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 21, 1946 – May 26, 1966
Service recordBenny Edward Foster, of Hammond, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 110
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Hammond, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 110
- CECIL ANGUS BROOME JRStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1966
- JAMES FERROLance Corporal · May 26, 1966
- GARY ALVEN GLANDONFirst Lieutenant · May 26, 1966
- TERRENCE HASTINGS GRIFFEYFirst Lieutenant · May 26, 1966
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY JOE BAREFIELDPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 109
- JOHN HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 111
- ROBERT SMITH JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 111
- THOMAS JOHN WINKELVOSSStaff Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 111
From Hammond
- DONALD RAY VINSONSergeant · July 14, 1965
- JAMES EDMUND KEELERCorporal · March 19, 1966
- JAMES RONALD SECHRESTPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- GARY STEPHEN EDWARDSSpecialist Four · January 20, 1967
- HENRY JOSEPH MARKOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- WILLIAM EUGENE CZARNYLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- BERNARD MERLE LUSKPrivate First Class · August 28, 1967
- TIMOTHY ROBERT KESSLERSpecialist Four · January 15, 1968
- WAYNE ALLEN MICHALAKAirman · February 4, 1968
- STEVE WILLIAM LEWICKISpecialist Four · February 12, 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.