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FOSTER LEE SONNIER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 2, 1947 – May 6, 1969
Service recordFoster Lee Sonnier, of Opelousas, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 14
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Opelousas, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1969; ten of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 14
- GILBERT GONZALES PALACIOSergeant · May 6, 1969
- KENNETH PARKERLance Corporal · May 6, 1969
- JOHN MONROE PRATTSpecialist Four · May 6, 1969
- VICENTE ROSA-URBINASergeant First Class · May 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TYSON VANCE BEALLCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 9
- OLIVER ADRIAN BEST JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 25W, Line 9
- JAMES ALLEN BLAINSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 9
- JOHN OTTO BOWMANSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 9
- RICHARD JOHN DALEYPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 10
- PAUL JOHN KRONTHALERPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 12
- RICHARD M LUCKENBACH JRSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 12
- JACKIE RAY MCKENZIECorporal · Panel 25W, Line 12
- WILLIAM LODI NEGRINICorporal · Panel 25W, Line 13
- FRUTO JAMES OQUENDOSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 13
- GILBERT GONZALES PALACIOSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 14
- JOSE SOTO-CONCEPCIONSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 15
- JOSEPH WOODARDCaptain · Panel 25W, Line 15
From Opelousas
- EDWARD EUGENE ANDERSONPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- JESSIE RICHARDSONStaff Sergeant · November 16, 1966
- ABRAHAM JACKSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- FLOYD LEON PITRESergeant First Class · June 11, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · July 27, 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.