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FOSTER HAMILTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 23, 1947 – May 5, 1968
Service recordFoster Hamilton, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 15
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 15
- RICHARD WILLIAM HAGELPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- GARLAND GENE HALEYSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- SHERRON EVERETT HARBISONSergeant · May 5, 1968
- LENWOOD THOMAS HARRELLPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FREDERICK ALLEN BARCLAYSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 42
- ELROY EUGENE BEIERSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 2
- WILLIAM DENNI BREIGHTMYERPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 2
- THEODORE R BONHAM JRSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 3
- CHARLES KENNETH DEEREPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 8
- KENNETH PORTER MORROWSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 24
- DONALD M PERDUESergeant · Panel 55E, Line 26
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.