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CURTIS LAMARR FOSTER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 14, 1945 – June 6, 1965
Service recordCurtis Lamarr Foster, of Richmond, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 6, 1965, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 132
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Cryptographic Systems Technician, Ima (6422)
- Born
- December 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Richmond, Indiana (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 132
- NICOLAUS AUGUST DOEDENFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- CARL EDWARD MCBEELance Corporal · June 6, 1965
- GERALD OTTO MCKAYFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
From Richmond
- JON DAVID VANNATTALance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- KARL EDWIN KLUTECaptain · March 14, 1966
- JESSE FLOYD WAGESSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- BURNIE HARRISStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1966
- TERRY LEE WILESPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- THOMAS PAUL DEITEMEYERSpecialist Four · February 12, 1967
- DAVID ALLEN DOWNINGSergeant · March 11, 1967
- THOMAS CLAYTON BENGESergeant First Class · June 25, 1967
- TERRI LEIGH HINESPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- EDDIE JAMES ALLENSergeant First Class · August 22, 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.