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DANIEL JOHN FOSTER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 21, 1950 – February 19, 1969
Service recordDaniel John Foster, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 19, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 58
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 21, 1950
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 58
- DAN RAE BYHAMPrivate First Class · February 19, 1969
- JAMES WENDALL DALTONCorporal · February 19, 1969
- HOWARD LEE EARLYSergeant First Class · February 19, 1969
- GARY ROY GENTHCorporal · February 19, 1969
- JOHN TERRELL WHITSONSergeant · February 19, 1969
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.