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ISIAH FOSTER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 11, 1944 – March 23, 1966
Service recordIsiah Foster, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 23, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 42
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- E CO 2 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- February 11, 1944
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “E CO 2 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 42
- BIENVENIDO GENIZA DONAPetty Officer Third Class · March 23, 1966
- GEORGE PAUL KINGSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- RONALD ALLEN SAPPSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- EDWARD HAMILTONSergeant · May 17, 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.