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TONY CURTIS FOSTER
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
March 2, 1948 – December 5, 1969
Service recordTony Curtis Foster, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 5, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 27
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 5, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date December 5, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 27
- DAVID MICHAEL DAVISONAirman First Class · December 5, 1969
- PATRICK KENDAL HARROLDCaptain · December 5, 1969
- JERRY LEE HAUSCHULTZSergeant · December 5, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH HEALEY JRSpecialist Four · December 5, 1969
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.