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GEORGE ARTHUR FOSTER III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 23, 1947 – November 29, 1968
Service recordGeorge Arthur Foster III, of Carlsbad, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 29, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Carlsbad, New Mexico (Eddy County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 5
- VESTIE TIMOTHY DRIGGERSSpecialist Four · November 29, 1968
- JOHN RUFUS GASTON JRPrivate First Class · November 29, 1968
- JOHNIE REESE GODWIN JRFirst Lieutenant · November 29, 1968
- JESUS EPHRAIM GOMEZ JRCorporal · November 29, 1968
From Carlsbad
- MAX COLEMAN SIMPSONPrivate First Class · January 24, 1967
- CLARK DAVID FRANKLINPetty Officer Third Class · April 24, 1966
- LLOYD BURNEY MAGBYStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1967
- ROGER THURSTON SAWYERSCaptain · October 2, 1967
- RONALD EDWARD HARRISONPetty Officer Third Class · May 20, 1968
- JOHNNY DWAIN CABECorporal · June 3, 1968
- MIGUEL F MONTANEZSpecialist Five · November 26, 1968
- WILLIAM MICHAEL THOMASPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- RICARDO GONZALEZ DAVISSergeant First Class · March 20, 1969
- JACK LLOYD SILLIMANLance Corporal · June 3, 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.