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BILLY RAY FOSTER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 6, 1943 – June 15, 1966
Service recordBilly Ray Foster, of Minden, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 49
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 6, 1943
- Home of record
- Minden, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 49
- NATHANIEL HUBBARDCorporal · June 15, 1966
- RAYMOND HOYT HUDSONSergeant · June 15, 1966
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM SHAY JRLance Corporal · June 15, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM SHAYSpecialist Four · June 15, 1966
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EARL CARNEYCaptain · Panel 8E, Line 48
- ROBERT HOWARD CARR JRPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 48
- THOMAS WILLIAM SHAYSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 49
- CHARLES GORDON WOODSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 50
From Minden
- JAMES RONALD GARCIASpecialist Four · June 17, 1967
- PHILLIP MURRY MYLESPrivate First Class · July 27, 1967
- WILLIE PURFOY SEAMSTERLance Corporal · June 15, 1968
- GEORGE ALLEN BRANCHLance Corporal · August 18, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN FLOYDLance Corporal · March 1, 1969
- ALLEN ROSS CULPEPPERCaptain · May 18, 1969
- PAUL DOUGLAS DUKESCorporal · August 31, 1969
- JAMES WOOD MEGEHEEStaff Sergeant · September 7, 1969
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.