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ROBERT EUGENE FOSTER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
March 28, 1928 – March 9, 1966
Service recordRobert Eugene Foster, of Lockport, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 9, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 132
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 6250 CBT SPT GP
- Born
- March 28, 1928
- Home of record
- Lockport, New York (Niagara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1966
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1966; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “6250 CBT SPT GP”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5E, Line 132
- BILLIE ALLEN HALLStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1966
- GARY LLOYD HENDERSONCorporal · March 9, 1966
- JAMES MICHAEL JAROLIMEKPrivate First Class · March 9, 1966
- PAUL E LABRECQUE JRCorporal · March 9, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLARD MARION COLLINSCaptain · Panel 5E, Line 131
From Lockport
- GARY RAMOND LAMBERTPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- OLIN RICHARD THRUSHCorporal · September 23, 1966
- WILLIAM JAMES SIPPELPetty Officer Third Class · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MCGINNISMajor · February 20, 1968
- TIMOTHY CHARLES HANNIGANSergeant · August 7, 1968
- FRANK EDWARD TIMIANSpecialist Four · April 12, 1969
- JAMES HOWARD LEESpecialist Four · July 15, 1969
- PAUL JAMES KNEELANDSergeant · September 18, 1969
- PHILIP JON STEMPERSpecialist Four · April 1, 1970
- GERALD PAUL WICKCaptain · February 15, 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.