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FOSTER F TRIGGS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 30, 1942 – May 28, 1965
Service recordFoster F Triggs, of East Bernard, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 127
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
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 30, 1942
- Home of record
- East Bernard, Texas (Wharton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1965
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1965. In May 1965, 89 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 127
- EDWARD ROGER PIPERChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 28, 1965
- JOHN CHARLES SIGGCaptain · May 28, 1965
- MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JOSEPH OAKLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 1E, Line 126
From East Bernard
- FRANK GEORGE MICHULKASpecialist Four · December 20, 1967
- RAYMOND JIM KOZIKSergeant · January 20, 1969
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.