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TIMOTHY K FOSTER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 29, 1950 – May 26, 1969
Service recordTimothy K Foster, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 26, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 109
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- October 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 109
- RICHARD NEAL WHITECorporal · May 25, 1969
- LEROY CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 25, 1969
- JOHN WINTERSLance Corporal · May 25, 1969
- MERRILL BARNESSergeant First Class · May 26, 1969
From Honolulu
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHICaptain · January 23, 1966
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 1966
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.