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RICK HAROLD FOSBURG
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 25, 1944 – May 7, 1968
Service recordRick Harold Fosburg, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 28
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 25, 1944
- Home of record
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 28
- DALTON HUBERT MCWATERSCorporal · May 7, 1968
- THOMAS WAYNE MYERSCorporal · May 7, 1968
- DANIEL LEON NAVARROPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- ANTHONY JOHN NEMETHPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ISIDRO BRICENO JIMENEZPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 26
- SIGIFREDO MONTALVO JRSpecialist Five · Panel 56E, Line 27
- BERLIN ROBERT SHUMATESergeant · Panel 56E, Line 31
- JOHN R THORNHILL IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 32
From Grand Rapids
- MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MORONEYCaptain · December 14, 1965
- HERMAN LEROY HUEYSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID ORIN BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GARY SCOTT FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE FAUGHTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- EVERETTE ARTHUR THOMPSONPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- MATTHEW GEORGE MIEDEMAPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
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.