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MICHAEL JOSEPH FOY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 23, 1946 – November 3, 1968
Service recordMichael Joseph Foy, of Ansonia, Connecticut, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 3, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 11
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Ansonia, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 11
- FRANK JOSEPH YOKESCorporal · November 2, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM BENJAMINCorporal · November 3, 1968
- JOSEPH EDWARD DAVIS JRLance Corporal · November 3, 1968
- LARRY DOUGLAS DUBOSEPrivate First Class · November 3, 1968
From Ansonia
- ELMO MARINELLIPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- JOSEPH DAVID FRANCOLINISpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- DANIEL WILLIAM FOSTERSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · July 2, 1968
- EDWARD MICHAEL TYSZKASpecialist Four · January 11, 1969
- RAYMOND SUAREZ JRLieutenant Colonel · February 23, 1969
- RONALD A ASHECaptain · July 30, 1972
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.