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FOSTER CRANMER
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 5, 1947 – December 6, 1969
Service recordFoster Cranmer, of Palo Alto, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 6, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 31
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Palo Alto, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 31
- JOE WITHERSPOONStaff Sergeant · December 5, 1969
- FLOYD JACKSON BANKSPrivate First Class · December 6, 1969
- ALAN DENNIS CURTISAirman First Class · December 6, 1969
- ROLLAND LEON DURFLINGERPrivate First Class · December 6, 1969
From Palo Alto
- GORDON LEE PAGEColonel · March 7, 1966
- RODNEY CLEVELAND UPCHURCHPrivate First Class · July 29, 1966
- ROGER C HALLBERGSergeant First Class · March 24, 1967
- KIERAN JOHN STARRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1967
- DAVID JOHN UCKERLance Corporal · October 11, 1967
- RICHARD ARLAN STONESergeant · November 6, 1967
- DON PRIENSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- MICHAEL DURYEA LEEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- JOHN DENIS PETERSCorporal · May 29, 1968
- PAUL ROSARIO LOFORTIWarrant Officer 1 · November 23, 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.