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DUANE JOHN FOSS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 24, 1948 – October 14, 1967
Service recordDuane John Foss, of Hastings, Minnesota, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 14, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 108
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- G CO 2 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- August 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Hastings, Minnesota (Dakota County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1967; 27 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “G CO 2 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 108
- CLIFTON BALLANTYN BERGMANFirst Sergeant · October 14, 1967
- MELVIN DOUGLAS EASTPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- FRANK FOSTERLance Corporal · October 14, 1967
- PAUL HELLSTROM FOSTERSergeant · October 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES YAGHOOBIAN JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28E, Line 6
From Hastings
- LAWRENCE HARRY SWANSONLance Corporal · February 7, 1968
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.