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DWIGHT GARY FOREMAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 9, 1949 – November 21, 1969
Service recordDwight Gary Foreman, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 105
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 105
- HARVEY DUDLEY JRSpecialist Four · November 21, 1969
- CURTIS RUSSELL FRANTZStaff Sergeant · November 21, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH HAYDEN JRPrivate First Class · November 21, 1969
- MICHAEL JAMES MCCLELLANSecond Lieutenant · November 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM FREDERICK LEASECorporal · Panel 16W, Line 106
- JAMES THURSTON SMOAK JRCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 107
- ANTHONY A VIRBICKASCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 107
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 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.