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JAMES BYRD FOSTER JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 8, 1946 – March 14, 1971
Service recordJames Byrd Foster JR, of Greenville, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 46
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- June 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Greenville, South Carolina (Greenville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1971; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 46
- WILLIAM LEE HILLPrivate First Class · March 14, 1971
- RONALD JACKSONPrivate First Class · March 14, 1971
- JACK DONALD MOORE JRAirman · March 14, 1971
- RANDY MARVIN RIGSBYSpecialist Four · March 14, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOE LYNN AVANTSpecialist Five · Panel 4W, Line 45
- BOBBY JENE FIELDSSpecialist Five · Panel 4W, Line 45
- WILLIAM LEE HILLPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 46
- CLIFFORD ROY OSTERHOUDTSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 47
- STEPHEN RAY PHELIXPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 47
- HARRY GORDON PRINCE JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 4W, Line 47
From Greenville
- THOMAS EDWARD MCMAHAN JRCaptain · September 28, 1965
- GARY RAY BRYANTSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WALTER REAVES TATE JRSpecialist Four · July 20, 1966
- WILLIAM HENRY HAWKINSStaff Sergeant · July 24, 1966
- SAMUEL RALPH MOSERPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- CHARLIE LYLES JRSergeant · November 17, 1966
- KENNETH RHODESSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS MACARTHUR MCCRARYFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1967
- DANA CORNELL DARNELLLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- JIMMY WILLIAM HALLLance Corporal · June 7, 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.