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JOHN WILLIAM FOREMAN
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 26, 1943 – December 28, 1969
Service recordJohn William Foreman, of Manlius, New York, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 28, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 103
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 26, 1943
- Home of record
- Manlius, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1969; nine of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 103
- ROBERT SIDNEY GATESChief Petty Officer · December 28, 1969
- STEPHEN FREDERICK GEORGEFirst Lieutenant · December 28, 1969
- DEAN ELLSWORTH HALLSpecialist Four · December 28, 1969
- RONNIE LEE HAWKSPrivate First Class · December 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- OTIS CARTHAGE JRCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 102
- ROGER DALE COXCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 102
- ROBERT LEWIS EMERYSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 102
- DANIAL GUY HEIDERICHSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 104
- CHARLES EVERETT MERRITTCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 104
- ALAN REED RADERCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 105
- TERRY ALLEN THORNTONCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 106
From Manlius
- JOHN ELMO WATSONPrivate First Class · August 27, 1966
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.