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THOMAS EUGENE FOSTER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 1, 1948 – May 13, 1969
Service recordThomas Eugene Foster, of Ballwin, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 99
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Ballwin, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
112 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1969; five of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 99
- MOULTON LAMAR FREEMANCaptain · May 13, 1969
- MARION LORA GARDNERPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- JAMES RAYFORD GOHAGINSpecialist Five · May 13, 1969
- FELIX G GONZALES JRSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- REX CHARLES ALLREDSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 92
- JAMES LEE BLANTON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 94
- PAUL VENON GOODWINCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 100
- JOHN ANTHONY PEREZSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 109
From Ballwin
- CHARLES MICHAEL SWAIMPrivate First Class · February 10, 1967
- GREGORY BERT JOHNSONSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- RANDOLPH BOTHWELL SUBERSergeant First Class · November 13, 1969
- DANIEL LEE MITCHELLCorporal · August 1, 1970
- THOMAS WELCH SHEAFirst Sergeant · August 7, 1970
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.