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JOSEPH RALPH FOSS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 24, 1936 – April 5, 1965
Service recordJoseph Ralph Foss, of Skowhegan, Maine, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 101
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 24, 1936
- Home of record
- Skowhegan, Maine (Somerset County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1965
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1965. In April 1965, 61 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 101
- WILLIAM MARCUS BARSCHOWLieutenant · April 5, 1965
- DAVID WINSLOW BOWMANCaptain · April 6, 1965
- CLARENCE LLOYD JONESSpecialist Four · April 6, 1965
- RAYMOND ELLSWORTH RUPCICFirst Lieutenant · April 6, 1965
From Skowhegan
- CLYDE WILLIAM WITHEEPrivate · February 25, 1966
- DAVID RUSSELL BOSWORTHSpecialist Four · February 20, 1968
- JOSEPH G L QUIRION JRCorporal · April 3, 1968
- ALLEN LEA WARDPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- TERRY CHARLES CORSONSergeant · September 8, 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.