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CLEVELAND FOSTER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 4, 1928 – April 4, 1966
Service recordCleveland Foster, of New York, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Network Switching Systems Operator-Maintainer (31F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 4, 1928
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1966
- Age
- 37
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 82
- DONOVAN JESS PRUETTStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1966
- TOMMIE LEE SILLSStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1966
- HAMP JUROME SYKES JRPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
- JOHN C WRONSKIPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.