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MICHAEL GEORGE FOUTZ
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 31, 1949 – January 21, 1970
Service recordMichael George Foutz, of Roseburg, Oregon, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 21, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 52
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)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Roseburg, Oregon (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 52
- THOMAS MARK GAITHERCorporal · January 21, 1970
- PEDRO ACEVEDO GONZALEZSpecialist Four · January 21, 1970
- WILLIAM ELMER HAGGARDCorporal · January 21, 1970
- ROGER EUGENE KEYSpecialist Five · January 21, 1970
From Roseburg
- WILLIAM ERVIN BURKE IIIPetty Officer Third Class · March 22, 1966
- GARY LEE NEWPORTPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- GROVER C MATHEWS JRCorporal · September 27, 1966
- RICHARD DOIL STINNETTSergeant · July 23, 1967
- RICHARD PAUL GRAYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- SANTFORD BERNARD KEMPKEPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- RODNEY EDWIN KINYONHospitalman · June 7, 1968
- LANE WAYNE WISEMANPrivate First Class · March 14, 1970
- EDWARD ARTHUR MATHESSpecialist Four · May 27, 1970
- KENNETH NEAL REBERPrivate First Class · July 7, 1970
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.