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JOHN MICHAEL FOSTER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 5, 1945 – March 24, 1969
Service recordJohn Michael Foster, of Garden Grove, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 24, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 23
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
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle (Aav) Repairer/Technician (2141)
- Born
- August 5, 1945
- Home of record
- Garden Grove, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 23
- JOHN ROBERT YARGERSergeant · March 23, 1969
- DARRELL EUGENE ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · March 24, 1969
- LARRY EUGENE BAILEYPrivate First Class · March 24, 1969
- RICHARD LEE BOWERSMajor · March 24, 1969
From Garden Grove
- CARROLL MONROE BIERMAN JRCorporal · June 4, 1965
- ERNEST DARRELL MITCHELLPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT PETERSENPrivate First Class · March 31, 1967
- MICHAEL ROY NELSONSpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- HARVEY RICHARD SANDERSCorporal · May 12, 1967
- JAMES PATRICK FITZSIMMONSLance Corporal · May 18, 1967
- JON ROY HONRATHPrivate First Class · August 17, 1967
- ALLAN GEORGE KALFASLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- GARY LEE BARKERSergeant · October 17, 1967
- DENNIS REX ESTESPrivate First Class · November 25, 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.