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STEVEN JOSEPH FOY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 8, 1949 – December 19, 1968
Service recordSteven Joseph Foy, of Schererville, Indiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 19, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 44
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- August 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Schererville, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 44
- BRIAN HARRY BURDICKPrivate First Class · December 19, 1968
- THOMAS GEORGE DANOWSKIStaff Sergeant · December 19, 1968
- JAMES PERRY DELANEYSergeant · December 19, 1968
- JOSEPH WILLIAM EDWARDSPrivate First Class · December 19, 1968
From Schererville
- ROBERT LEE REIPLINGERPrivate First Class · October 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.