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JOHN JOSEPH FOLEY III
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 11, 1947 – June 11, 1967
Service recordJohn Joseph Foley III, of Plainfield, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 11, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 RECON CO 3 RECON BN 3
- Born
- June 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Plainfield, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 21E, Line 88
- JOHN MALHON FRAMBESCorporal · June 11, 1967
- FRANK RUDOLPH FROST IIISenior Chief Petty Officer · June 11, 1967
- DARRELL FREDERICK GASKINSStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1967
- JOSE JESUS GONZALEZLance Corporal · June 11, 1967
From Plainfield
- EDWARD KNELL KISSAM JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- KENT DOUGLAS JORDANLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CHARLIE ALFRED CARDENSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- RODNEY ALVIN JAMESPrivate · July 22, 1966
- CONRAD ANTHONY STYBELFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1967
- STANLEY SPIKESSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- EUGENE WILLIAM HENDRICKSStaff Sergeant · October 21, 1968
- SALVATORE ALFRED ROWEPrivate First Class · December 13, 1968
- JAMES FRANKLIN BOYCEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1969
- LUDWIG GEORGE BAUMANNMajor · January 30, 1969
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.