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ROBERT L FOSTER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 16, 1947 – September 15, 1968
Service recordRobert L Foster, of Amarillo, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 15, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 63
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Amarillo, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 63
- DAVID ALLEN FORSYTHESpecialist Four · September 15, 1968
- DOUGLAS GENE FOSTERCorporal · September 15, 1968
- WILLIAM AUSTIN FREYSpecialist Four · September 15, 1968
- RICHARD GREEN JRSergeant · September 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LILO ELMER ALDOUSCorporal · Panel 44W, Line 60
- RICHARD LEE COOPERSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 62
- FRANK WARREN CROSSChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 44W, Line 62
- HARRY B HAMBLETON IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 44W, Line 64
- LARRY CRAIG HIGGINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 64
- GEORGE FREDERICK KEIPERSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 65
- DUANE JOSEPH KUEHNPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 65
From Amarillo
- RONALD DICKERSON HINESFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1964
- DONALD WAYNE BEARDLieutenant Commander · December 9, 1964
- DOUGLAS DULANE MACKWarrant Officer 1 · April 19, 1965
- STANLEY L SAPPCaptain · December 4, 1965
- L V THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT CROLEYPlatoon Sergeant · July 19, 1966
- MELVIN FRANKLIN FLOYDPlatoon Sergeant · August 8, 1966
- KENT PALMER FURPHYSergeant · November 12, 1966
- ARTHUR KASIMI TYSZKIEWICZLieutenant Commander · January 14, 1967
- CLIFFORD GORDON DAVISCorporal · April 30, 1967
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.