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JOHN CARL FOY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 29, 1949 – July 24, 1968
Service recordJohn Carl Foy, of Greensboro, North Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 24, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 48
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)
- Born
- January 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Greensboro, North Carolina (Guilford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 51W, Line 48
- JOSEPH TERRY CAMBRONPrivate First Class · July 24, 1968
- IDUS JAMES CONNERLance Corporal · July 24, 1968
- MICHAEL STEWART ELLEDGEFirst Lieutenant · July 24, 1968
- THOMAS CLEO FYFFEPrivate First Class · July 24, 1968
From Greensboro
- GLENN CHARLES DYERFirst Lieutenant · October 26, 1964
- THOMAS MONROE CROWPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ALVIN C SLIGHPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GENTRY GRAHAMSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- JAMES HAMPTON EDGESpecialist Four · March 5, 1966
- ROGER WARDELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1966
- RONALD CRAIG LOVETTPrivate First Class · June 12, 1966
- JAMES SHREVE HALLChief Master Sergeant · July 29, 1966
- CHESTER DECATUR FEWELLPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- BILLY WAYNE FLYNNSecond Lieutenant · January 23, 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.