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DONALD RAY FOSTER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 29, 1948 – October 25, 1967
Service recordDonald Ray Foster, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 25, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 65
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 25, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date October 25, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 81 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 65
- DONALD GLENN STAYROOKPetty Officer Second Class · October 24, 1967
- JERRY DEAN CHARLTONSpecialist Four · October 25, 1967
- CHARLES RICHARD CHRISCOESpecialist Four · October 25, 1967
- CHARLES AUGUSTUS DAVISStaff Sergeant · October 25, 1967
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 1966
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.