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HADLEY FOSTER
Major · U.S. Army
February 17, 1932 – March 14, 1969
Service recordHadley Foster, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1969, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 36
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 17, 1932
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1969
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1969; two of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 36
- FREDDIE NICKLYS CHASEWarrant Officer 1 · March 14, 1969
- RICHARD CHARLES CHUBBPrivate First Class · March 14, 1969
- BERTON DECKERStaff Sergeant · March 14, 1969
- EARL FERN FALCONBURYPrivate First Class · March 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND ERVIN BAUMGARNERStaff Sergeant · Panel 29W, Line 35
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.