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JEAN CLIFTON FOSTER
Captain · U.S. Army
August 11, 1944 – November 21, 1968
Service recordJean Clifton Foster, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 25
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 11, 1944
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1968; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 25
- LARRY DUNNPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- SAMUEL JAMES EVANSSergeant · November 21, 1968
- GLENN EDWARD FORDPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- JOSEPH RONALD FRANKSFirst Lieutenant · November 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MARTIN GEHRING GIVENWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 38W, Line 26
- STANLEY NORRIS GREENSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 26
- BILLIE JOE ONTISSpecialist Five · Panel 38W, Line 29
- CHARLES FREDERICK REINSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 29
- EDDY GALE SUMPTERSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 30
- ROBERT LEE STOREYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 38W, Line 31
- CLIFFORD KAY WELDINGFirst Lieutenant · Panel 38W, Line 32
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.