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MELVIN EUGENE FOAD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 20, 1949 – November 2, 1967
Service recordMelvin Eugene Foad, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 2, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 9
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 9
- KEITH JOHN ANDRESSpecialist Four · November 2, 1967
- GLEN DOUGLAS BATESLance Corporal · November 2, 1967
- PATRICK JOHN DEARBORNLance Corporal · November 2, 1967
- JAMES GARD EDINGERPrivate First Class · November 2, 1967
- JERRY LEON ANTRICHStaff Sergeant · August 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH JACOB ARENTSergeant · Panel 29E, Line 8
- KEITH JOHN ANDRESSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 9
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.