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PATRICK JOSEPH FORAN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 10, 1943 – February 6, 1967
Service recordPatrick Joseph Foran, of Westbury, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 128
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 10, 1943
- Home of record
- Westbury, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1967; five of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 128
- RAYMOND MAURICE DARRIGANSergeant First Class · February 6, 1967
- WILLIAM E FRANKLIN JRCorporal · February 6, 1967
- SYDNEY UEL GOODINSpecialist Four · February 6, 1967
- WILLIAM ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MERRHAGE MICHAEL MOYERSergeant · Panel 14E, Line 130
- EDDIE LEE SULLIVANCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 2
From Westbury
- WESTON DAVID MACLEANLance Corporal · July 22, 1966
- KENNETH ROBERT TRIERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1968
- CLIFFORD RAYMOND BENNETTLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- HENRY LEWIS NIXPrivate First Class · November 12, 1968
- THOMAS PETER JACKSON JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM SALTERStaff Sergeant · January 11, 1970
- EDWARD MARC GARCIASergeant · September 1, 1971
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.