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DANIEL ARTHUR FOSS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 22, 1946 – February 10, 1969
Service recordDaniel Arthur Foss, of East Hiram, Maine, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 5
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 22, 1946
- Home of record
- East Hiram, Maine (Oxford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 5
- JOHN THOMAS COLEMANCorporal · February 10, 1969
- THOMAS ROBERT DICKEYPrivate First Class · February 10, 1969
- HENRY RALPH DUELLMANSpecialist Four · February 10, 1969
- ROBERT GILMER GARRETTSpecialist Four · February 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICK V JENSENSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 7
- JAMES RICHARD LOVELLCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 7
- WILLIAM ANDERSON PHALP JRPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 8
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.