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PAUL JOHN FOTI
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
February 25, 1950 – March 23, 1971
Service recordPaul John Foti, of Long Island City, New York, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1971, in Cambodia, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · 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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 25, 1950
- Home of record
- Long Island City, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1971. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 70
- JESSIE JAMES GARTHPrivate First Class · March 23, 1971
- JOHN DIETRICH HEINZSergeant · March 23, 1971
- DENNIS MICHAEL HOTALINGSpecialist Four · March 23, 1971
- JEFFREY CHARLES KEETLECorporal · March 23, 1971
- MICHAEL JOSEPH BOSILJEVACMajor · September 29, 1972
Same unit, same day
- DONALD KEITH OSBORNCaptain · Panel 4W, Line 71
From Long Island City
- WILLIAM JAMES HENRYPrivate First Class · September 16, 1965
- JOSEPH STEPHEN HENRIQUEZLieutenant Commander · August 10, 1966
- PETER JOSEPH FREDERICKColonel · March 15, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH SUSSMEIERPrivate · July 8, 1967
- WALTER EDMUND GIBLIN JRPrivate First Class · July 19, 1967
- JOSEPH HEALYSpecialist Four · December 3, 1967
- ABRAHAM JACKSONStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1968
- CHARLES JAMES BAUER JRPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- EDWARD EUGENE HOLTCorporal · March 21, 1968
- CHARLES E DANIELSPrivate First Class · March 22, 1968
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.