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ROBERT FOREMAN JR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 27, 1938 – March 26, 1970
Service recordRobert Foreman JR, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 46
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- October 27, 1938
- Home of record
- Lake Charles, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1970
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 46
- JAMES ANTHONY GRIFASIStaff Sergeant · March 26, 1970
- ANGELO RAYMOND MORALESSergeant · March 26, 1970
- DON MANUEL OSHELLSpecialist Four · March 26, 1970
- MARVIN SHELLSergeant · March 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- NORMAN HOWARD STRENGTHSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 47
From Lake Charles
- DONNY RAY STEVENSCorporal · October 14, 1965
- DONALD C CORNETTFirst Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM VALRIE PHARRISPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- DAVID ALLEN LISTEAirman · October 26, 1966
- SHELTON L BREAUXSergeant · December 8, 1966
- ANDREW RICHARD BROUSSARDPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- LEROY REEDPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- WALTER THOMAS KAY JRMaster Sergeant · October 29, 1967
- JACK LEE CROXDALE IISpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
- ROBERT GEORGE BURNSSpecialist Four · March 2, 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.