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JOHN JOSEPH FODEN
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
June 17, 1943 – January 25, 1968
Service recordJohn Joseph Foden, of Brookhaven, New York, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 31
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 17, 1943
- Home of record
- Brookhaven, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1968; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In January 1968, 1,546 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 35E, Line 31
- DAVID PAUL DODSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1968
- KENNETH HAROLD DRESSELPrivate First Class · January 25, 1968
- CHRISTIAN FRANZ FEIT IIIHospitalman · January 25, 1968
- BRUCE JAMES FLETCHERPrivate First Class · January 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JACK PATRICK COTTERELLSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 30
- ROLAND K DAVISMajor · Panel 35E, Line 30
- JACK B SUTPHENSergeant · Panel 35E, Line 35
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.