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EVERETT EDWARD FOSTER
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
October 29, 1920 – July 20, 1967
Service recordEverett Edward Foster, of Beacon, New York, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 20, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 46. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 94
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 29, 1920
- Home of record
- Beacon, New York (Dutchess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1967
- Age
- 46
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1967; six of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 94
- RONALD RICHARD BARCALOWPrivate First Class · July 20, 1967
- THOMAS GURLEYPrivate First Class · July 20, 1967
- RONALD B HAMBLINPrivate First Class · July 20, 1967
- MICHAEL J MENCHISE JRPrivate First Class · July 20, 1967
From Beacon
- JAMES SHERWIN PITTMANPrivate First Class · October 15, 1966
- PHILIP REGINAL MATTRACIONPetty Officer Second Class · April 5, 1967
- WILLIAM RONALD PHILLIPSSeaman · March 23, 1968
- TERRENCE EDWARD ONEILSergeant · May 23, 1968
- EMILIO RIVERAPrivate First Class · October 30, 1969
- THOMAS EDWARD DEVINECorporal · December 16, 1969
- JOHN JAY BENNETTSpecialist Five · March 2, 1970
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.