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TOMPKINS GRIFFEN FOSTER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 20, 1945 – May 25, 1966
Service recordTompkins Griffen Foster, of Lithia, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 25, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 108
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
- Shore Party Specialist (1381)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 1 SUPT BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- September 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Lithia, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 108
- JOSEPH ANTHONY MACHOWSKICaptain · May 24, 1966
- NELSON ROGER MOOREMaster Sergeant · May 24, 1966
- LARRY EDWARD CRANFORDPrivate First Class · May 25, 1966
- RONALD LYNN GUYERLance Corporal · May 25, 1966
From Lithia
- ELLIS A MCBRIDE JRFirst Lieutenant · June 23, 1967
- CALVIN LEON COOKSpecialist Four · November 23, 1967
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.