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Marine UH-1Es at Fire Support Base Cunningham during Operation Dewey Canyon, January 1969.
Marine UH-1Es at Fire Support Base Cunningham during Operation Dewey Canyon, January 1969. Photo: U.S. Marine Corps, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of William Henry Foster.

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WILLIAM HENRY FOSTER

Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps

June 12, 1942 – July 21, 1968

Service record

William Henry Foster, of Severn, Maryland, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 21, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 51W · Line 25

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Service

Branch
U.S. Marine Corps
Rank
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Regular
Born
June 12, 1942
Home of record
Severn, Maryland (Anne Arundel County)

Casualty

Date of death
July 21, 1968
Age
26
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

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31 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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From Severn

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.