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CARL FOSTER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 21, 1947 – February 8, 1967
Service recordCarl Foster, of Belmar, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 9
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Belmar, New Jersey (Monmouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 9
- STEVEN MICHAEL GOLDSBOROCorporal · February 8, 1967
- HARRY LEE JAMES JRCorporal · February 8, 1967
- GERRY WAYNE LAWSONSpecialist Four · February 8, 1967
- MILLARD FRANKLIN MEADOWSPrivate First Class · February 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GERALD THOMAS FETTKETHERSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 8
- JACK MCCOMBS SECREST JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 15E, Line 10
From Belmar
- WILLIAM HENRY EBERHARDTSpecialist Five · September 1, 1965
- GEORGE DONALD CLAYTONPlatoon Sergeant · November 7, 1967
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.