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THOMAS RICHARD FOSTER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 28, 1947 – October 27, 1969
Service recordThomas Richard Foster, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 123
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 123
- DAVID DESALES WINKLERStaff Sergeant · October 26, 1969
- DENNIS AKERLEYPrivate First Class · October 27, 1969
- GARY RAY BOUSHELESpecialist Four · October 27, 1969
- THOMAS ALMET ENGELMANCorporal · October 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS AKERLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 123
- JOHN MICHAEL MCKENNAPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 124
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.