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GARY JACK FOSTER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 14, 1945 – June 4, 1966
Service recordGary Jack Foster, of Boise, Idaho, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 4, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 6
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 AT BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- April 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Boise, Idaho (Ada County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “B CO 1 AT BN 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 6
- DENTON WINSLOW CROCKER JRPrivate First Class · June 4, 1966
- PHILIP KENNETH DORNLance Corporal · June 4, 1966
- CHARLES WESLEY GOBER JRSergeant · June 4, 1966
- WAYNE HYDEPrivate · June 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE HYDEPrivate · Panel 8E, Line 6
- JAMES LYONS JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 7
From Boise
- JESSE DONALD PHELPSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- JERRY DUANE ESTESLance Corporal · February 6, 1966
- CLYDE ARTHUR CROWStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- BRUCE ROLLA BENNETTPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- ROBERT ALLAN POWELLPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- WILLIAM RONALD BEASLEYFirst Lieutenant · September 25, 1966
- LLOYD BRUCE JENSENSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- FLOYD GWEN SAVELLSpecialist Four · February 14, 1967
- GEORGE FRANCIS VOLKCaptain · April 21, 1967
- FRANKLIN DAVID ENDICOTTPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
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.