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WILLIAM PATRICK FORAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 21, 1946 – March 1, 1966
Service recordWilliam Patrick Foran, of Decatur, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 1, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 93
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Decatur, Illinois (Macon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1966; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 93
- LEONARD JOSEPH BOCEKPrivate · March 1, 1966
- WILLIAM MURRE CHRISTENSENLieutenant Commander · March 1, 1966
- WILLIAM DAVID FRAWLEYLieutenant Commander · March 1, 1966
- LONNIE RALPH KINGCorporal · March 1, 1966
From Decatur
- ROGER HUGH MULLINSLieutenant Commander · February 17, 1960
- HERBERT J DEXTERMajor · September 18, 1965
- JAMES DARRELL WHITE JRPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- RONALD THOMAS SHELTONCaptain · April 10, 1966
- BRYAN B STOCKWELLPrivate First Class · September 20, 1966
- JOHN RUSSELL SMITHLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- CARL GENE SMITHSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
- STEPHEN RAY BANGERTLance Corporal · March 2, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS BRADSHAWPrivate First Class · March 18, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK KELLEYSpecialist Four · March 26, 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.