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CARL RICHARD FOSTER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 9, 1947 – August 11, 1968
Service recordCarl Richard Foster, of Davenport, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 11, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 47
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Davenport, Iowa (Scott County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 47
- WILLIAM LOUIS DEBOSpecialist Four · August 11, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH FLOOD JRMajor · August 11, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES GILLESPIE JRFirst Lieutenant · August 11, 1968
- JAMES HAROLD HILYARDPrivate First Class · August 11, 1968
From Davenport
- ROBERT J VOSSCaptain · July 8, 1965
- JERRY PROSPER CLARKChief Warrant Officer 3 · December 15, 1965
- JAMES BYRON LAIRDPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- JOSEPH ALLEN SCHWERDTFEGERSergeant · May 3, 1966
- NORBERT GENE SIMMONSSergeant · June 15, 1966
- CHARLES ALLEN MORSELance Corporal · March 27, 1967
- CARL JOHN OLSONLance Corporal · July 29, 1967
- GARY KEITH RATHPrivate First Class · September 1, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH UTTERWarrant Officer 1 · November 21, 1967
- DONALD LOUIS FLEETWOODPrivate First Class · December 10, 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.