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STEVEN JOEL FOSTER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 6, 1948 – August 24, 1968
Service recordSteven Joel Foster, of Midland Park, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 24, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 2
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ground Radio Repairer (2841)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AMTRACS 3 MARDIV
- Born
- March 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Midland Park, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 2
- JAMES T GRIFFIN JRPrivate First Class · August 24, 1968
- DENNIS ANTHONY GUNDERCorporal · August 24, 1968
- ALBERT R GUTIERREZ JRPrivate First Class · August 24, 1968
- WILLIAM ARTHUR HEEPLieutenant · August 24, 1968
From Midland Park
- ALAN HARRY ZIMMERMANFirst Lieutenant · February 2, 1967
- NORMAN ROBERT GOBLESpecialist Four · November 21, 1967
- BRIAN FRANCIS WEDLAKEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES PARMERTERCaptain · June 22, 1969
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.