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LARRY RAY FOSTER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 21, 1944 – July 14, 1967
Service recordLarry Ray Foster, of Salem, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 14, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 70
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Salem, Oregon (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1967; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 70
- LARRY EDWARD FIELDSLance Corporal · July 14, 1967
- DANIEL ROBERT FLANSAASSpecialist Four · July 14, 1967
- JUAN FEDERICO GUTIERREZPrivate First Class · July 14, 1967
- FRANCIS D HORLBACKSpecialist Four · July 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROGER LEE ACREEPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 68
- KENNETH LEROY CULVEYPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 23E, Line 69
- WILLIE LOUIS DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 69
- DANIEL ROBERT FLANSAASSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 70
- JUAN FEDERICO GUTIERREZPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 70
- FRANCIS D HORLBACKSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 70
- KENNETH MICHAEL SCHRAMELSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 71
From Salem
- DELBERT CHARLES LAFLEMMESpecialist Four · October 7, 1964
- ELVIS GORDON BARKERCaptain · March 1, 1965
- DAVID ALLEN MORGANStaff Sergeant · September 23, 1965
- DAVID GORDON RUSSELLLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- THEODORE JAMES SHORACK JRMajor · June 9, 1966
- ROBERT GRAHAM NOPPLieutenant Colonel · July 14, 1966
- JOHN DOUGLAS CAREYPrivate First Class · July 16, 1966
- GERALD WALLACE EVENHUSPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- DAREL LEE SILLSSpecialist Four · October 13, 1966
- WALTER MACK PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · September 6, 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.