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DWIGHT DUNARD FOSTER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 29, 1949 – August 8, 1969
Service recordDwight Dunard Foster, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 113
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 113
- HARRY GARRIGUSSpecialist Four · August 8, 1969
- DENNIS JOSEPH GREENSpecialist Four · August 8, 1969
- LOUIE ELMER HAWKEYPrivate First Class · August 8, 1969
- JIMMIE EUGENE KEITHSpecialist Five · August 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WAYNE COOPERSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 112
- DENNIS JOSEPH GREENSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 113
- MANUEL FRANCISCO PARRASergeant · Panel 20W, Line 115
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.