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JOHN FOLDVARY JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 16, 1948 – March 17, 1968
Service recordJohn Foldvary JR, of Lincoln Park, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 17, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 10
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Lincoln Park, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 10
- LEE DAVID BENSONLieutenant (junior grade) · March 17, 1968
- HERMANN DOELGER-LANDIVARPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
- ROGER EVANS DUNCANSpecialist Four · March 17, 1968
- CARL EDWARD GARZAPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
From Lincoln Park
- GERALD ANTHONY KOSAKOWSKISpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES WILLIAM POWERSPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- ELI WAYNE NICHOLSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- RICHARD DENNIS KAMINSKIPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- RONALD LEE BECKETTCorporal · April 27, 1967
- GARY WAYNE KLINELance Corporal · June 3, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN NELSONHospitalman · November 14, 1967
- VAUGHN THOMAS ONEILPrivate First Class · November 21, 1967
- THOMAS JOHNSON BRADFORDCorporal · May 2, 1968
- MERL RUSSELL MEADOWSSpecialist Four · May 25, 1968
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.